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Language Features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Noun | Naming word |
| Verb | Action word |
| Adjective | Describes a noun |
| Adverb | Describes a verb |
| Conjunction | Joining word (FANBOYS) |
| Subordinator | Used to create a complex sentence |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two things not using like or as |
| Simile | A comparison between two things using like or as |
| Personification | Using human-like qualities to describe a non-human thing. |
| Jargon | Words associated with specific professions |
| Statistics | Numbers or percentages used to prove a point in a piece of writing |
| Hyperbole | Extreme or absurd exaggeration |
| Sensory Language | Words that relate to our senses; smell, sight, hearing, taste, feel |
| Imperative Statement | An instruction in a piece of writing |
| Rhetorical Question | A question that does not require an answer |
| A simple sentence | A clause that contains a SUBJECT and a VERB |
| A compound sentence | Two clauses joined with a CONJUNCTION |
| A complex sentence | Two clauses joined with a SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION (SUBBY) |
| A run on sentence | Two independent clauses that are incorrectly joined without punctuation |
| A comma splice | Two independent clauses joined with a COMMA instead of a FULL STOP |
| Pronoun | A word that stands in for a noun |