Word Types

Question 1

Concrete noun

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Abstract noun

Answer 2

An idea or concept you cannot actually see or touch

e.g. love, hatred, freedom

Question 3

Proper noun

Answer 3

The names of specific places or people

e.g. Kate, Liverpool

Question 4

Collective noun

Answer 4

A group of nouns

e.g. Team, army, audience

Question 5

Noun

Answer 5

A person, place, thing, feeling, or idea

Question 6

Common noun

Answer 6

Places, things, feeling, ideas

e.g. home, school, computer

Question 7

Pronoun

Answer 7

A word used to replace a noun

e.g. I, you, she

Question 8

Dynamic verb

Answer 8

A verb which is physcially moving or changing

e.g. eat, walk, grow

Question 9

Imperative verb

Answer 9

Verbs which give bossy orders

e.g. stop, bring, tell

Question 10

Verb

Answer 10

An action- a doing word

Question 11

Stative verb

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Compound sentence

Answer 12

Two main clauses joined with a connective

Question 13

Simple sentence

Answer 13

One clause, a very and a subject

Question 14

Complex sentence

Answer 14

A main clause joined to a subordinate clause with a connective

Question 15

Main clause

Answer 15

A clause containing a subject, verb and an object

Question 16

Subordinate clause

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Adverbs

Answer 17

Words that describe verbs or adjectives

e.g. quickly, never, once

Question 18

Monosyllabic words

Answer 18

Words containing one syllable

Question 19

Adjectives

Answer 19

Words that describe a noum

e.g. gorgeous, long, tall

Question 20

Onomatopoeia

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Assonance

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Sibilance

Answer 22

The alliteration of the ‘s’ sound

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

Question 23

Alliteration

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Figurative language

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Emotive language

Answer 25

Language used to create a strong emotiional response

e.g. The sad, downcast dog drooped its little head

Question 26

Metaphor

Answer 26

A figure of speech where you say one thing is another thing

Question 27

Simile

Answer 27

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

Question 28

Imagery

Answer 28

Language and description that appeals to the five senses

Question 29

Symbolism

Answer 29

When one idea, feeling, emotion, or concept is represented by something else

Question 30

Personification

Answer 30

Giving human characteristics to something that isn’t human to create imagery

Question 31

Anthropomorphism

Answer 31

When we make something that is not human do or say things that make them seem human

Question 32

Cliche

Answer 32

A phrase or opinion that is overused and portrays a lack of original thought

Question 33

Parenthetical remark

Answer 33

A remark which explains of qualifies something

e.g. I’m hungry, but I only want to eat chips

Question 34

Pun

Answer 34

A joke which exploits the different possible meanings of a word

Question 35

Idiom

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Pathos

Answer 36

When language creats a sense of pity or sadness in the reader
e.g. homeless charities showing children

Question 37

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 37

When a writer gives human emotions to inanimate objects

Question 38

Atmosphere

Answer 38

The tone or feeling created in a piece of creative work