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Proper nouns

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refer to specific people and places
eg: Labrador, Granny Smith Apples

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common noun

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types of places, people and nouns
eg: clocks, library

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concrete noun

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refer to things that exist physically
eg: chairs, window

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abstract noun

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refer to things that do not exist physically
eg: embarrassment, justice

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collective noun

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refer to groups of people, animals or objects
eg: family, colony, litter

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noun phrase

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nouns modified by adjectives that could be replaced by a pronoun
eg: the beautiful animal → it

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attributive (pre-modify) adjective

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comes before noun
eg: the sudden noise

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predicative (post-modify) adjective

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comes after noun
eg: the highlighter is colourful

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superlative adjective

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demonstrates that the adjective is the most or the least
eg: biggest, smallest

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comparative adjective

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compare one noun to another, even if the noun doesn’t feature in sentence
eg: stronger, smaller

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manner adverb

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shows how a verb is being done
eg: cheerfully, slowly

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place adverb

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shows where the verb is taking place
eg: off, above

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time adverb

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shows when a verb is being done
eg: now, today

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frequency adverb

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shows how often a verb is being done
eg: always, never

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degree adverb

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shows the extent to which the verb is being done and the intensity of it
eg: quite, too

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stative verb

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denote a state of mind
eg: thinking, wishing

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dynamic verb

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denote a physical action
eg: running, sleeping

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modal verb

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an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility
eg: could, should

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transitive verb

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dynamic verb that requires an object
eg: kicked the ball

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intransitive verb

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dynamic verbs that don’t require an object
eg: sneeze, laugh

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coordinating conjunction

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join a like to a like
eg: FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

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subordinating conjunction

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join subordinate clauses to main clauses
eg: although, because

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first person pronouns

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personal/possessive, singular/plural
eg: I, we, us, my, our

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second person pronoun

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personal/possessive, singular/plural
eg: you, yours

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third person pronoun

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personal/possessive, singular/plural
eg: he, they, his, their

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main clause

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known as a simple sentence, makes sense on its own
eg: he was eating a bacon sandwich

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subordinate clause

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depends on the main clause for meaning
eg: after we had lunch, we went back to work

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coordinate clause

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occur where there are 2 or more independent clauses, joining together by a coordinating conjunction, such as but, so
eg: the band played for 2 hours but i had to leave early.

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conditional clause

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states a hypothesis or condition, real or imagined
eg: if it rains, the picnic will be cancelled

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relative clause

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is one connected to a main clause by a word such as which, that
eg:i first saw her in Paris, where I lived in the early nineties

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minor sentence

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sentences that don’t have a subject and verb combination.
eg: be quiet, goodbye

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simple sentence

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must have a subject and a verb, expresses a complete thought
eg: the snow falls

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compound sentence

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2 entirely meaningful sentences that are joined together by a conjunction.
eg: he was singing, but he couldn’t reach the high notes of the song

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complex sentence

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a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses

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compound-complex sentence

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a sentence with 2 or more independent clauses in, and at least one subordinate clause.

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syntactical parallelism

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when one clause in a sentence corresponds with another so that the sentence structures correspond with one another.
eg: he gave me a dog and he gave me a friend.

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declarative sentence

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statements that give information
eg: Nancy wants to be a doctor.

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imperative sentence

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give orders, instructions, advice or directions
eg: please set the table for tea

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exclamative sentence

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expressive functions convey force and end in an exclamation mark.
eg: I can’t believe it’s all over!

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interrogative sentence

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asks questions
eg: will it be on television?

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typographical features

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the features of fonts used in texts (font, colour and type)

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orthographical features

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features of the writing system (spelling, capitalisation and punctuation)

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multimodal texts

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texts that rely in the interplay of different modes (eg images, writing and sounds) to help shape meaning

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active voice

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subject->verb->rest of idea/object

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passive voice

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idea/object->verb->subject
the verb here will be past parcipital

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physical context

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anything in immediate area

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epistemic context

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what the reader knows already, background knowledge

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linguistic context

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what’s already been said, tone of voice

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social context

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the social relationship among speakers and hearers

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what does GAAMP stand for?

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genre, author,audience, mode, purpose

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