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proper noun

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names of people and places

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abstract nouns

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states, feelings and concepts
they don’t have a physical existence

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concrete nouns

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objects that have physical existence

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material verbs

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show actions or events
(hit, jump, build)

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relational verbs

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identify properties or shows state of being

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mental verbs

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internal processes

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verbal verbs

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external processes of communication through speech

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base adjectives/ adverbs

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basic form or an adjective or adverb

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comparative adjective/ adverb

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‘er’

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superlative adjective/ adverb

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‘est’

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attributive adjective/ adverb

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come before noun

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predicative adjective/ adverb

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come after the noun

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evaluative adjective/ adverb

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something that can be measured or compared
(nice, boring)

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personal pronouns

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people
I- first person singular

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demonstrative pronouns

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oriented reader towards something
(this, that, these)

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In definite pronouns

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person, inject or idea that is non specific
(someone, anybody, everything)

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Articles

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shows something is definite or indefinite
the
an

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possessives

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show ownership
my
your
her

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quantifiers

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some
any
one

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co ordinating conjunctions

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link words or larger structures together when they are equal
and
but
yet

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subordinating conjunctions

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link clauses together to show one is dependent on the other
because
although

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What is direct speech?

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quotation marks

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what is indirect speech?

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phrasing their main points

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what is cataphoric referencing?

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referring to something that will be said later in the text

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what is anaphoric referencing?

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referring to something that was said previously in the text

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what is exophoric referencing?

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referring to something outside of the text

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what is passive voice?

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object verb

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what is active voice

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subject verb object

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what is a transitive verb?

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requires a direct object
i bake cookies

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what is an intransitive verb?

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doesn’t require an object
I laugh

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what is an adverbial?

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a word or group of words that are used to give more information about the verb

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32
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what is a prepositional phrase?

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A group of words, consisting of preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object

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33
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why is speech used?

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atmosphere
vivid image
show inequality
set up manipulation/ plot
understand characters background

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34
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what is an auxiliary verb?

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Helping verb
shows time, tense and possibility
e.g. ‘be’ or i have read

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what is anaphora?

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repeated words or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
eg. their right to live, their right to love, their right to laugh

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what is epiphora?

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repeated word or phrase at the end of successive clause
eg. for no gov is better and i want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best

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What is epizeuxis?

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repetition of words or phrases in immediate succession
eg. oh horror, horror, horror

38
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what is parallelism?

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repeating the same grammatical structure within a sentence or series of sentences
eg. i stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors

39
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what is anadiplosis?

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repeating the last word of a sentence at the first word of the next
eg. suffering breeds character, character breeds faith, faith will not disappoint

40
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what is antithesis?

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repeating words/ ideas in opposite senses
eg. we all must help one another or we will kill one another

41
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what is epanalepsis?

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repeating the first word of a sentence at the end
eg. nothing will be achieved if we do nothing

42
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what is chiasmus?

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repetition in reverse order
eg. fair is foul and foul is fair

43
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What is epiplexis in questioning

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questions used to rebuke (tell off)

44
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What is anacoenosis in questioning

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questions which ask the audience to consider their opinion or viewpoint implying a common interest

45
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What is hypophora in questioning

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questions which are asked by the speaker which they then immediately answer

46
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What is erotesis in questioning

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questions which pre suppose that their answer will be a strong and obvious positive or negative

47
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what does allocentric mean?

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others at the centre

48
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what does egocentric mean?

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one person at the centre

49
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what does anthropocentric mean?

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humans at the centre

50
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what does theocentric mean?

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religion at the centre

51
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what is hypophora?

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asking a question and answering it

52
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what is a honorific?

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title given for respect
mrs, mr, sir

53
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what is a neologism?

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new word/ phrase becoming mainstream

54
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what is asyndetic listing?

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list connected with a comma

55
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what are archaic words?

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old words

56
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what do you call words that are/ not used often?

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high/ low frequency lexis

57
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what is neologism?

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new words

58
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what do we call polite words?

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courtesy term

59
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what do wo call words frequently found together?

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collocation

60
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what are the definite/ indefinite articles?

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the/ an

61
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what do we call dictionary meanings?

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denotation

62
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what do we call words with very strong/emotive connotations?

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loaded term

63
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sentence starting with there and saying something exists (eg-there are nuts on the table)

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existential sentence

64
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tell us how often (eg-always)

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frequency adverbs

65
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two words or groups of words that sound similar but have different meanings

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homophone

66
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delivers information and explains an issue or subject (eg-a textbook)

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expository discourse

67
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typographical choices that imply prosody

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pseudo prosody

68
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blunt expression for a neutral one (eg-the loony bin)

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dysphemism

69
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offer subjective opinions

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evaluative adjective

70
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tells us how (carefully)

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manner verbs

71
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tells us how much

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degree adverbs

72
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tells us how often

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frequency adverbs

73
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refers to self

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reflexive pronoun

74
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polite indirect phrase for a sensitive topic

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euphemism

75
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politically indirect phrase?

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political euphemism

76
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words used for an associated thing (the crown)

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metonym

77
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long established expression with an accepted meaning

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idiom

78
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what do we call a short sentence?

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minor sentence

79
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what is a pre-modified noun phrase?

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words before the noun describing it

80
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post modified noun phrase

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words describing the noun after it

81
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missing words form a sentence

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ellipsis

82
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triadic and quadratic

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3/4 in a sentence

83
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fronting and end focus

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parts of sentence placed at beginning and end for effect

84
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parallel syntax

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parallel patterns of word order (live by the sword die by the sword)

85
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conditional sentencing

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if and presenting a condition

86
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can, could, may, might, will ,would, shall, should, must

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modal auxiliary verbs

87
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cultural allusion

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reference to culture and shared knowledge

88
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meaning that isn’t explicitly stated

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implicature

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