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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Revision For AQA English Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Noun | A naming word for people, places and things. blue, table, cat, window |
| Adjective | Adds description to people, places and things. The cluttered table |
| Verb | Used to convey an action. run, skip, read, watch |
| Adverb | Adds description to an action. He ran hastily |
| Pronoun | Used to refer to a person without actually using their name. I, you, he, she, they |
| Simile | Description through comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’. The buildings leaned menacingly towards each other like boxers |
| Metaphor | Used to describe something as if it is something else. ‘As usual, we were in our classroom, that safe and wooden-walled box.’ |
| Personification | Describes inanimate objects with human features and tendencies. ‘Silence crept solemnly down the hall and absorbed the dank air that lingered.’ |
| Zoomorphism | Describes inanimate objects and people with animalistic tendencies. ‘He pictured the roaring Pacific Ocean a few blocks from his house, spilling in furious waves against the rocks.’ |
| Pathetic Fallacy | Assigning emotions and feelings to inanimate objects ‘The sullen wind was soon awake, It tore the elm-tops down for spite, and did its worst to vex the lake’ |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same letter/sound with adjacent or closely connected words ‘boundless and bare |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like the sound they represent ‘Pop!’ ‘Bang!’ |
| Juxtaposition | Placing two contrasting ideas / characters / settings / atmosphere close together in the same text for effect. ‘Where her eyes glistened in the glare of the sun, his grew darker as the shadows enveloped his form.’ |
| Sensory Language | Words/phrases which describe or appeal to the sense: sight, sound, touch and smell. ‘He had come out on to a narrow cobbled street that bubbled with a cauldron of voices: garbled shouts, throaty cries, squawks of protest and snarled threats.’ |
| Emotive Language | A word or phrase that expresses or makes the reader feel a certain emotion. ‘I stared at her in horror; fear rendering my feet immovable from the spot.’ |
| Repetition | Where a word, phrase, technique or idea is repeated. ‘only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face, only then would he let me explore the blown hinge of his lower jaw.’ |
| Simple | An independent clause that makes complete sent on its own and communicates one idea. It typically contains a verb and a subject (the noun in the sentence that is doing something). ‘Sophie reluctantly walked towards the door.’ |
| Compound | Two independent clauses linked by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) ‘Sophie reluctantly walked towards the door and turned the handle.’ |
| Complex | One independent clause and one (or more) subordinate clauses. Subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction. They do not make grammatical sense on their own. ‘Without any other choice, Sophie reluctantly walked towards the door.’ |
| Minor / Fragment | A full sentence needs an independent clause in order for it to be grammatically complete. If a subject and/or verb is missed out, this is known as a fragment sentence. A one word sentence. ‘Silence.’ |
| Superlatives | A hyperbolic adjective or adverb ‘She was the tallest in her class.’ |
| Modal Verb | Verbs that are used to show the level of possibility, indicate ability, show obligation or give permission ‘Might, can, should, will’ |
| Sibilance | Repetition of the “s” sound with adjacent or closely connected words.. ‘Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things.’ |
| Extended Metaphor | A central metaphor that acts like an “umbrella” to connect other metaphors or comparisons within it. It can span several lines or an entire text. |
| Ambiguity | Where a word or phrase has two or more possible interpretations |
| Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration ‘My hand feels like it’s going to drop off.’ |
| Semantic Field | Where words are categorised based on a shared meaning. Orbit, planets, meteorite and gravity are all within the semantic field of space. |
| Symbolism | Generally speaking, a symbol is a sign representing something other than itself. Light can be symbolic of hope, guidance or purity. |
| Compound-Complex Sentence | Two independent clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction and one or more subordinate clauses . ‘Without any other choice, Sophie reluctantly walked towards the door and turned the handle, apprehensive as to what waited for her on the other side.’ |
| Declarative Sentence | A statement. ‘Trophy hunting is absolutely barbaric’ |
| Imperative Sentence | A command ‘Ban trophy hunting.’ |
| Exclamatory Sentence | A sentence which ends with an exclamation mark for emphasis. ‘It’s disgusting!’ |
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HJB1972
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