Terminology

Question 1

What is the word for a group of things (eg a murder of crows)

Answer 1

Collective nouns

Question 2

Define the verb in this sentence: Rick is sad

Answer 2

Stative verb

Question 3

Is “mine” a pronoun or adjective?

Answer 3

Possessive pronoun

Question 4

What is an example or a preposition

Answer 4

Near, before, on, inside, etc (all abt POSITION)

Question 5

What’s the difference between coordinating & subordinating conjunctions

Answer 5

Coordinating link full clauses (and, but, so) & subordinating link incomplete clauses (because although, therefore)

Question 6

What’s the difference between anaphora & anadiplosis?

Answer 6

Anaphora is starting with the beginning of the last sentence, anadiplosis is starting with the end

Question 7

Where is it notable to mention syntactic fronting?

Answer 7

Adverbs & conjunctions

Question 8

What is parallelism?

Answer 8

Starting & fulfilling a cohesive pattern?

Question 9

What’s the difference between portmanteaus & compound words?

Answer 9

Compound words don’t change the words (eg toothpaste as opposed 2 brunch)

Question 10

What is the word “couldn’t”?

Answer 10

Contracted form of auxiliary verb

Question 11

What are the four gricean maxims of politeness?

Answer 11

Quality, quantity, relevance & manner