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Noun phrase

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Consists of a noun and its modifiers ( the haunted HOUSE in the woods )

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Verb phrase

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Consists of a verb and its modifiers ( the cow IS JUMPING over the rusty fence )

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Prepositional phrase

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includes preposition and a noun ( in the kitchen, you will find mum )

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Infinitive phrase

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when ‘to’ is infront of the verb ( she helped to build the roof )

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Appositive phrase

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Noun phrase that renames another noun

For example saying a golden retriever instead of a puppy.

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Declarative

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A statement

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imperative

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A command

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Interrogative

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A question

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Exclamative

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A imperative but emotional ( what a fantastic dress this is )

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Hypophora

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Rhetorical question followed by a answer

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Figurative language

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Things like metaphors and similes

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Fillers

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Er, um

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Conjuncts

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generally connect a sentence to previous parts of the text and show the relationship between the two ( it was raining but, they went for a run Nonetheless. )

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Discourse marker

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Therefore, On the other hand

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Adjuncts

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Things that can be left out of the sentence and don’t need to be there and can still make sense

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Disjuncts

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Adverbs that express the next part of sentence ( Sadly, he didn’t like the rain )

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Anaphoric reference

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making reference to something previously identified in a text ( often using pronouns ) ‘The woman stood by the door. She was writing.’

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Cataphoric reference

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making reference forwards to something as yet unidentified. E.g. ‘It was warm. It was a cake.’

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two ways text can be structured

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Problem, solution

Desire, need, fulfilment

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Semantic pejoration

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Meaning of word gets worse over time

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Ambiguity

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Where a word or phrase can be interpreted in more than one way

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Semantic

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Meaning ( its cold in here )

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Pragmatic

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Meaning and context ( its cold in here meaning can you shut the window )