Terms

Question 1

Abstract noun

Answer 1

An idea, feeling or characteristic

Question 2

Acronym

Answer 2

A word made up of the initials of other words

Question 3

Adjacency pairs

Answer 3

Turn taking in conversations, the responses of each person rely on each other

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

A word that describes a noun

Question 5

Assonance

Answer 5

Repetition of vowel sound within close proximity

Question 6

Syndetic listing

Answer 6

Lists with conjunctions not commas

Question 7

Asyndetic listing

Answer 7

Listing with commas instead of conjunctions

Question 8

Adverb

Answer 8

Word that describes a verb

Question 9

Adverbial phrase

Answer 9

A phrase that acts as an adverb

Question 10

Auxiliary verb

Answer 10

Verb used to form the tense/mood/voice - be, do and have

Question 11

Modal auxiliary verb

Answer 11

Used in addition with verbs to express time/mood - shall, may, might, can, must, should, could, will, would

Question 12

Clause

Answer 12

Sentence that contains subject and verb

Question 13

Concrete noun

Answer 13

Something that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, tasted

Question 14

Comparative

Answer 14

2 adjectives used to compare 2 differences between the nouns they describe

Question 15

Colloquialism

Answer 15

Words that show where the person is from - time/place

Question 16

Complex sentence

Answer 16

Includes 2 clauses

Question 17

Declarative

Answer 17

Makes a statement

Question 18

Discourse markers

Answer 18

Used to connect/separate/organise ideas in the text e.g. on the other hand

Question 19

Ellison

Answer 19

When one sound combines with another e.g. gonna

Question 20

Determiner

Answer 20

In front of the noun and identifies it e.g. the cat

Question 21

Exclamative

Answer 21

An exclamation

Question 22

False start

Answer 22

Starting to speak but stopping and saying something else or rewording

Question 23

Embedded clause

Answer 23

Adds extra information e.g. the cup, that was pink, ..

Question 24

Definite article

Answer 24

The

Question 25

Ellipsis

Answer 25

Missing out words because the context means it is still understandable

Question 26

Filled pause

Answer 26

Um, ah, er

Question 27

Hedging

Answer 27

Avoiding getting to the main subject by putting words that don’t mean anything in front

Question 28

Idiolect

Answer 28

Speech that is personal to a certain person

Question 29

Imperative

Answer 29

A command

Question 30

Indefinite article

Answer 30

A, an

Question 31

Lexical field

Answer 31

Specialised language about a subject

Question 32

Juxtaposition

Answer 32

Contrast

Question 33

Minimal response

Answer 33

Short replies in speech

Question 34

Monosyllabic

Answer 34

1 syllable words

Question 35

Non fluency features

Answer 35

Elements of conversation that interrupt flow

Question 36

Interrogative

Answer 36

Question

Question 37

Intensifier

Answer 37

Adverbs that add emphasis

Question 38

Paralinguistic features

Answer 38

Body language

Question 39

Overlapping

Answer 39

Speakers talk over each other

Question 40

Minor sentence

Answer 40

One or 2 words

Question 41

Noun phrase

Answer 41

Noun and modifiers

Question 42

Prosodic features

Answer 42

Sounds that aren’t talking

Question 43

Quantifier

Answer 43

Tells how much of something e.g. all, some

Question 44

Post modifier

Answer 44

Words that describes noun but is put after it in a sentence

Question 45

Spatial deixis

Answer 45

Implies a location e.g. over there

Question 46

Superlative

Answer 46

Saying something is the best

Question 47

Temporal deixis

Answer 47

Implies time e.g. next

Question 48

Syntax

Answer 48

Sentence structures

Question 49

2nd person pronoun

Answer 49

you, your

Question 50

1st person pronoun

Answer 50

I