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English language st

QuestionAnswer
What's a noun Incentivise a person thing idea or state
What's a verb A doing word
What an adjective Describing a noun
What's an adverb Information about a verb
Fragment sentence An incomplete sentence
Simple sentence A sentence with one independent clause
E.g. Of simple sentence She went to the shop
Compound sentence A sentence with multiple clauses
E.g. Of compound sentence She went to the shop and bought a bannana
Complex sentence A sentence with a independent and dependent clause
E.g. Complex Sometimes when she goes to the shop she buys a bannnana
Diction Writers choice of words
Hyperbole Use of extreme exaggeration
Imagery When the writer provides a mental picture
Irony The opposite is implied
Juxtaposition eg Two ideas together that contrast each other e.g. The deep light sky
List of three A number of connected items
Metaphor Something is presented as something else
Oxymoron eg Contradictory terms together eg bittersweet
Pathos Language to appeal emotion
Personification Giving human traits to something non human
Repetition When a word phrase or idea is repeated
Semantic field Words from a text that have the same meaning
Simile When something is presented as something else
Symbolism When a object/character reflects a meaning
Syntax The way words and phrases are arranged
Created by: Amelianewton
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