Word Types Flashcards

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Concrete noun

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A thing that cannot be touched, atsted, heard, seen, or smelt
e.g. dog, building

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Abstract noun

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An idea or concept you cannot actually see or touch

e.g. love, hatred, freedom

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Proper noun

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The names of specific places or people

e.g. Kate, Liverpool

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Collective noun

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A group of nouns

e.g. Team, army, audience

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Noun

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A person, place, thing, feeling, or idea

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Common noun

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Places, things, feeling, ideas

e.g. home, school, computer

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Pronoun

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A word used to replace a noun

e.g. I, you, she

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Dynamic verb

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A verb which is physcially moving or changing

e.g. eat, walk, grow

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Imperative verb

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Verbs which give bossy orders

e.g. stop, bring, tell

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Verb

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An action- a doing word

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Stative verb

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A verb which does not physically move, you cannot see or feel them happening but they are still happening
e.g. love, hate, prefer, doubt

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Compound sentence

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Two main clauses joined with a connective

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Simple sentence

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One clause, a very and a subject

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Complex sentence

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A main clause joined to a subordinate clause with a connective

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Main clause

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A clause containing a subject, verb and an object

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Subordinate clause

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A clause relying on a main clause to make sense, it adds extra information to a main clause

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Adverbs

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Words that describe verbs or adjectives

e.g. quickly, never, once

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Monosyllabic words

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Words containing one syllable

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Adjectives

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Words that describe a noum

e.g. gorgeous, long, tall

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Onomatopoeia

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When the way a word sounds imiattes the sound it is describing
e.g. bang, sizzle, crack

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Assonance

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When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound with different consonant sounds
e.g. Although she was frail, she had grace that trailed her everywhere

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Sibilance

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The alliteration of the ā€˜s’ sound

e.g. The shark shot through thr water charhing towards the shore

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Alliteration

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The same letter or sound at the beginning of words next to each other

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Figurative language

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Using figures in speech to be more effective including metaphors and similes

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Emotive language
Language used to create a strong emotiional response | e.g. The sad, downcast dog drooped its little head
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Metaphor
A figure of speech where you say one thing is another thing
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Simile
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
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Imagery
Language and description that appeals to the five senses
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Symbolism
When one idea, feeling, emotion, or concept is represented by something else
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Personification
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't human to create imagery
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Anthropomorphism
When we make something that is not human do or say things that make them seem human
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Cliche
A phrase or opinion that is overused and portrays a lack of original thought
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Parenthetical remark
A remark which explains of qualifies something | e.g. I'm hungry, but I only want to eat chips
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Pun
A joke which exploits the different possible meanings of a word
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Idiom
A metaphotical phrase which has a specific well known meaning but the meaning does not explicitly link to the meanings of the indivudal words e.g. a penny for your thoughts
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Pathos
When language creats a sense of pity or sadness in the reader e.g. homeless charities showing children
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Pathetic fallacy
When a writer gives human emotions to inanimate objects
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Atmosphere
The tone or feeling created in a piece of creative work