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Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a concept rather than a particular individual

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Proper noun

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A name used for an individual person, place or organisation spelled with a capital letter

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Abstract noun

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An idea, quality or state

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Concrete noun

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A noun denoting a material object

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Collective noun

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A count noun that denotes a group of individuals

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Modal verb

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Likelihood/extent/possibility of something happening

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Transitive verb

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A verb with a direct object

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Intransitive verb

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A verb with no direct object

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Dynamic verb

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Happen within a limited time (have a definitive beginning and end), usually can be seen/a physical action

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Stative verb

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Continues over a long period of time, is a state rather than an action

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Infinitive verb

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A verb with ‘to’ before

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Predicate adjective

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An adjective in the second position (comes after the noun)

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Comparative adjective

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An adjective providing comparison, usually ending in ‘-er’

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Superlative adjective

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The most of something

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Adverb of frequency

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How often or frequently something is done

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Adverb of manner

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The way something is done

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Adverb of time

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How fast an action is done

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Adverb of place

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Where something is done

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1st person singular pronouns

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Subject= I
Object= Me
Possessive adjective= My
Possessive pronoun= Mine
Reflexive= Myself

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2nd person singular pronouns

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Subject= You
Object= You
Possessive adjective= Your
Possessive pronoun= Yours
Reflexive= Yourself

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3rd person singular pronouns (male)

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Subject= He
Object= Him
Possessive adjective= His
Possessive pronoun= His
Reflexive= Himself

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3rd person singular pronouns (female)

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Subject= She
Object= Her
Possessive adjective= Her
Possessive pronoun= Hers
Reflexive= Herself

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3rd person singular pronouns

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Subject= It
Object= It
Possessive adjective= Its
Possessive pronoun= Its
Reflexive= Itself

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1st person plural pronouns

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Subject= We
Object= Us
Possessive adjective= Our
Possessive pronoun= Ours
Reflexive= Ourselves

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2nd person plural pronouns

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Subject= You
Object= You
Possessive adjective= Your
Possessive pronoun= Yours
Reflexive= Yourselves

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3rd person plural pronouns

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Subject= They
Object= Them
Possessive adjective= Their
Possessive pronoun= Theirs
Reflexive= Themselves

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Minor sentence

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A sentence with no main verb or no main verb

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Simple sentence

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A sentence made up of one clause

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Compound sentence

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A sentence made up of 2 or more main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction

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Complex sentence

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A sentence with one main clause and at least one subordinate clause

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Compound complex sentence

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A sentence with 2 or more man clauses and at least one subordinate clause

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Subject

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The thing doing the action

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Object

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The thing having the action done to it

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Verb

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An action

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Active voice

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subject, verb, object

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Passive voice

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Object, verb, subject

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Agent deletion

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A sentence with no subject

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Co-ordinating conjunctions

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Create compound sentences, FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

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Syntactic parallelism

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When the same syntax is used repeatedly withing the same sentence

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Anaphoric reference

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When a word or phrase refers to something earlier in the text

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Cataphoric reference

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When a word or phrase refers to something later in the text

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Idiom

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Metaphorical cliche

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Simile

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Comparison of two similar objects using like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparing two objects using is

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Personification

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Giving a non living object human qualities

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Euphemism

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A polite way of saying something

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Dysphemism

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A blunt and offensive way of saying something

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Independent clause

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Makes a statement or asks a question, can act as a complete sentence

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Dependent clause

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Begins with a subordinating conjunction, can’t act as a complete sentence

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Deixis

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Use of general words to refer to a specific time, person or place in context, words with a varied semantic meaning but fixed denoted meaning

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Politeness strategies

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Direct request- face threatening act, not worried about other person’s reaction
Indirect request- avoids being explicit
Positive politeness strategy- addresses positive face, may include compliments
Negative politeness strategy- addresses negative face, might include apologising

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Sibilance

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Repeated ‘S’ sound

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Plosive

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Explosion of air when creating sound (p,b)

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Fricative

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Friction on the air when making the sound (f,v) used to give an airy, breathless sound

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Guttural

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Glottal works to create ‘g’ sound

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Assonance

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Repeated vowel sounds used to create rhythm

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Lexical onomatopoeia

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Words that make sounds eg slap, bubble

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Non lexical onomatopoeia

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Sounds that aren’t actual words eg brmmm, chugga chugga

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Pun

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When a different phoneme is used to create humour

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Filler

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Sound that acts like a pause to signal uncertainty

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False start

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When a speaker begins to speak then stops and starts again

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Hedge

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Phrases/words which make a statement less forceful, assertive or certain

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Back-channelling

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The sounds we make to show the person we are talking to we are listening

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Repair

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When a speaker corrects an error in their speech

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Discourse marker

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Words that help organise what we are saying

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Adjacency pairs

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A simple structure of turns between two speakers

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Skip connector

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A word or phrase that returns the conversation to the previous topic

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Ellipsis

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When words are omitted because the other person already knows what the shortened utterance means

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Tag question

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A short question at the end of a sentence often inviting another speaker

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Personal deixis

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Pronouns eg he, she

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Temporal deixis

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Time eg then, now

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Spacial deixis

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Places eg here, there and demonstratives

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4 sentence moods

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Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamative
Declarative

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Synthetic personalisation

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Using direct address to create a fake (synthetic) relationship with the audience

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Noun phrase

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The/a/an + adjective + noun

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Simple past tense

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Danced

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Simple present tense

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Dance

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Simple future tense

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Will dance

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Past continuous tense

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Was dancing
- more recent

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Present continuous tense

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Am dancing
- ongoing events/not finished

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Future continuous tense

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Will be dancing

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Past Perfect tense

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Had danced
- occurred before a completed action

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Present perfect tense

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Have danced
- has already occurred in past but has immediate ramifications in present

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Future perfect tense

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Will have danced
- an action that will be completed between now and a certain point in the future

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Past perfect continuous tense

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Had been dancing
- an action that started in the past but continued into another action or time

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Present perfect continuous tense

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Have been dancing
- started in past but continues into present

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Future perfect continuous tense

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Will have been dancing
- focussed on the duration of an action before a specific time in the future

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