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Noun

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Name of an object place or person.

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Pronoun

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Replaces a noun, e.g:

I, he, she, they, we

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Concrete noun

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Names of things that you can physically see and touch.

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Abstract noun

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Names of things that you can’t physically see and touch, e.g:

Love, anger, hunger

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Adjective e.g:

The happy girl

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Describes a noun

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Comparative adjective

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Compares differences between the two nouns, e.g:

Stronger, angrier, prettier

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Superlative adjective

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Describes a noun as the most they can be, e.g:

Happiest, fastest, prettiest, funniest

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Verb

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A doing word or an action, e.g:

Run, think, sing

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Auxiliary verb

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Used to form the tense of other verbs, e.g:

WAS talking - past tense
IS talking - present tense

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Modal verb

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Indicates the certainty of the action, e.g:

Should…. might… will…

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Adverb

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Describes how an action/verb is completed, e.g:

Quickly, slowly, irritatingly, annoyingly

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Conjunction

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Connective that joins ideas or sentences, e.g:

And… but… if…

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Preposition

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Indicates physical time or location, e.g:

After..
Before..
During..

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Determiner

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Used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to, e.g:

That..
The..
A..

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Intensifier

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Used to increase strength or emphasise meaning, e.g:

Too…
Very….
Totally…
Extremely…

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Declarative

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A statement

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Interrogative

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A question

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Imperative

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A command

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Exclamation

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An expression or a strong feeling

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Alliteration

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Repetition, consonant sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Words imitating sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

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Metaphor

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Saying something is something

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Simile

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A comparison using…

It was LIKE….
It was AS IF….

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Imagery

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Words that create a clear picture in the readers head

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Personification

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Makes something that isn’t human sound human, e.g:

Fear was controlling me…

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Pathetic fallacy

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Nature representing feelings.

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Oxymoron

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Two opposite words together e.g:

Dark and light

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration!!!

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Cliché

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An over used saying.

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Euphemism

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Sounds nicer than it really is.

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Colloquialism

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A slang word/phrase.

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Ambiguity

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When the meaning of the text is unclear.

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Caesura

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Pauses for effect.

,) (.

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Anti-climax

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Tension leading to nothing.

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Motif

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A typical aim point of the text, a typical object/idea/image.

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Juxtaposition

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A deliberate contrast.

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Extended metaphor

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A metaphor which keeps being used all the way through the text.

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Cyclical structure

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The end echoes/repeats/goes back to the beginning.

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Chronological structure

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In time order.

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Non-chronological structure

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Not in time order.

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Action

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Things happening.

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Change in focus-

Description

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Describing setting/feelings

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Change in focus-

Dialogue

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Characters talking.

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Wide focus

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Taking lots of things in.

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Narrow focus

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Focusing on one thing/one small detail.

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Narrative voice

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Person telling the story.

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Protagonist

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The main character.

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First person

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I / WE

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Second person

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YOU

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Third person

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HE / SHE / THEY

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Past tense…

Present tense…

Future tense…

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Already happened…

Is happening…

Not yet happened…

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Flash forward

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Going forward in time.

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Flash back

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Going back in time/remembering a time in the past/memories

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Foreshadowing

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Hints/clues given to what’s coming/what’s going to happen.

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Resolution

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The problem is resolved.

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Exposition

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Introducing a problem/idea.

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Rising action

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Building interest/tension

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Climax

A

The most intense part.

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