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AQA A Level English Lang/Lit - Paper 1 > Section A - Paris Anthology > Flashcards

Section A - Paris Anthology Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Dynamic Verbs

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Physical action (running, walking, jumping)

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Stative Verbs

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Mental action (thinking, wondering, hoping)

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Comparative Adjectives

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Comparing noun to something else (more beautiful, faster)

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Superlative Adjectives

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Saying something is ‘most’ of it’s kind (most beautiful, fastest)

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Adverb of Manner

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Describes action/object (silently, incredibly, hurriedly)

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Adverb of Time

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Describes when action took place (yesterday, last week, in two days time)

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Adverb of Place

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Describes where object is (there, somewhere, by the table)

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Sentence Adverbs

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Adverbs that describe entire sentence (consequently, frankly, unfortunately)

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Modal Verbs

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Verbs indicating possibility of action (can, may, might, should, could, will)

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Interjections

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Exclamations that express emotion (“Hi!” “Bye!” “Sorry” “Excuse me”)

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Ellipsis

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Sentence omitting words (e.g; “Didn’t like it” instead of “I didn’t like it”) = conversational tone

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Archaisms

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Obsolete language (henceforth, whither, thou)

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Colloquialisms

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Informal expressions (quid, mate, bloke, lass)

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Taboo Lexis

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Swear words

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Euphenisms

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Language substituting non-offensive term (He passed away instead of he’s dead, Jim)

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Neologism

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New words

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Noun Phrases

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Phrase describing noun (the happy children, he was the man chosen for the job)

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Conjunctions

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Connectives (and, or, but, while, since, because)

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Main Clause

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Contains subject and verb (“I’m late”, “Here is my bag”)

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Subordinate Clause

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Before/after main clause - giving extra information

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Determiners

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Words before nouns

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Definite Article

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A, the

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Numerical Determiners

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Numbers

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Prepositions

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Determine nature between words (across, after, before, during, into, under, without)

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Declarative Sentence

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Statement - “The cat is on the radiator”

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Imperative Sentence

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Instruction - “Put the cat on the radiator”

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Interrogative Sentence

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Question - “Why is the cat on the radiator?”

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Exclamatory Sentence

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Lots of emotion - “Get the cat off the radiator!”

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Minor Sentence

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Sentence missing main verb “Not bad! Brilliant”

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Simple Sentence

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Sentence with one clause, a verb and a subject

“The bag is white”

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Compound Sentence

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Sentence with 2 main clauses (“The bag is white and it is very clean”)

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Complex Sentence

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Sentence with subordinate and main clause (It was hard to keep the bag clean, for it was white)

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Active Sentence

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Sentence focuses on object doing action (The dog picked up the bone)

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Passive Sentence

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Sentence focuses on object receiving action (The bone was picked up by the dog)

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Plosive Alliteration

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Alliteration of ‘p’,’b’,’t’,’k’ sounds

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Fricative Alliteration

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Alliteration of ‘f’,’v’ sounds

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Sibilant Alliteration

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Alliteration of ‘s’,’sh’ sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds (blue moon)

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Half Rhyme

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Words starting with same sound (great/grit, cat/camera)

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Elision

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Pronounce a word/words omitting part of word (gonna, gotta, ‘ull)

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Deixis

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Words/phrases requiring context (this, there)

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Anaphoric Reference

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Pronoun referring to someone previously mentioned (e.g; replacing “The taxi driver” with “he”)

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Cataphoric Reference

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Pronoun referring to something yet to be mentioned - create tension (“Here he come… Jeremy Kyle)

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Direct Speech

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Quoting conversation (He said “don’t come unless you have the box”)

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Indirect Speech

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Paraphrasing conversation (He said you shouldn’t come without the box)

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Parallelism

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Repeating structure (I have a dream that… I have a dream in which)

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Discourse marker

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Now, but, on the other hand, of course, in any case

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Hyperbole

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Great exaggeration (“As old as the world”)

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Oxymoron

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Phrase containing opposites/contradictions (cold fire; organised chaos)

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Personification

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Giving an inanimate object human qualities

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Zoomorphism

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Giving a human animal-like qualities

AQA A Level English Lang/Lit - Paper 1 (1 decks)

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