Word Class
What is a NOUN?
A naming word
What is EPISTROPHE?
the repetition of a word or phrase at the END of successive clauses, phrases or sentences
Where is the ADVERB?
She danced gracefully across the stage.
GRACEFULLY
An adverb adds to a verb
What is a METAPHOR?
Saying something is something else
(A comparison NOT using like or as)
What is a POSSESSIVE APOSTROPHE?
An apostrophe placed to show that something belongs to someone
ex. My mum's car
What is a VERB?
An action word
What is ASYNDETON?
Where is the PROPER NOUN?
I went to Tesco after school.
TESCO
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Giving an inanimate object human qualities
Where is the MODAL VERB?
I should go swimming later so I stay healthy.
SHOULD
What is an ADJECTIVE?
A word that adds to a noun
What is a MODAL VERB?
an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility
Where is the PREPOSITION?
Jack is sitting beside me.
BESIDE
A preposition is word used expressing relation to another word; i.e. direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships
ex. in, at, under, on, before
What is a SIMILE?
a comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'
What is a PHRASE?
A group of two or more words that express a single idea
What is a PRONOUN?
What is EPIPLEXIS?
A series of questions, usually seeking to shame, reproach or anger the audience
Where is the NOUN PHRASE?
Nathan pulled the little green wagon behind him.
THE LITTLE GREEN WAGON
What are LITOTES?
a form of understatement in which an idea is expressed ironically by negating its contrary
ex. “She’s not the sharpest tool in the box”
What is a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE?
A clause that needs to be attached to a main clause; it does not make sense on its own.
e.g. because I missed the bus
What is an ABSTRACT NOUN?
Refers to states, feelings and concepts that do not have a physical existence: an idea, quality, or state.
i.e. not a concrete object
ex. happiness
What is HYPOPHORA?
In which a speaker poses a question and then answers the question
Where is the INDEFINITE ARTICLE?
Lisette gave the old man an umbrella.
AN
An article shows that a noun is definite or indefinite
The only definite article in the English language is 'the'
What is a CONNOTATION?
The range of emotions and ideas suggested by a word
What is the difference between COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE?
Comparative is used to compare differences between two nouns (e.g. bigger, faster, more comfortable)
Superlative describes an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (e.g. biggest, fastest, most comfortable)