Sentence Structure Flashcards
Minor
No verbs
Simple
Verb and subject
Compound
2 simple sentences joined together by conjunction
Complex
Subordinate clause joined to main clause
Superlative
Ends with ‘est’
Comparative
Ends with ‘er’
Hyperbole
Deliberate over-exaggeration
Juxtaposition
Two things placed together in contrast
Indefinite article
A/An
Definite article
The
Interjection
Filled pauses, expresses emotions and feeling e.g. Oh!
Past participle
Used with has, had or have
Present participle
End in ‘ing’
Determiner
Introduces a noun - a/an, the, those, this
Metaphor
Something that can’t actually occur
Simile
Uses ‘like’ or ‘as’
Intensifier
Strengthens or weakens adjectives
Personification
Non-human objects given human characteristics
Pathetic fallacy
Environment mirrors emotion
Oxymoron
Two things together that don’t make sense
Repetition
Repeated words or phrases
Litotes
Using a negative to state a positive e.g. it’s not bad
Rhetorical question
Asked question that doesn’t require an answer
Hypophora
Rhetorical question followed by an answer
Hyponymy
Words with a specific group e.g. daisies are a subgroup of flowers
Synonym
Words which mean the same thing
Syndetic pair
Things that go together e.g. dark and light
Tripling/Triadic structure
Listing of three items
Double negative
More than one negative used
Allusion
Referring to something metaphorically
Utterance
Spoken language
