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Language Techniques
Language techniques for written text
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Naming word (plum, Peter, power, pod) | Noun |
| Name of everyday objects (a pear, an apple, the banana) | Common Noun |
| Name of place, person, etc (Alan, Africa) | Proper Noun |
| Name of something we cannot see, touch or measure (air, authority, amazement) | Abstract Noun |
| A group of objects, people or creatures (band, group, orchestra) | Collective Noun |
| Used in the place of a noun (I, mine, you, yours) | Pronoun |
| Describing word (black, bold, loud) | Adjective |
| A form of adjective that compares things (blacker, bolder, louder) | Comparative Adjective |
| Describes the best or the most from three or more things (blackest, boldest, loudest) | Superlative Adjective |
| Doing word (run, walk, eat) | Verb |
| Tell you when, where, or how something is done (cheerfully, thirstily, happily) | Adverb |
| Links two or more sentences (and, so, but, yet) | Conjunction |
| Tells us the position or place of something in relation of something else. (at, by for, on) | Preposition |
| Expresses an unpleasant or uncomfortable or embarrassing situation sensitively/kindly (my grandfather passed away) | Euphemism |
| A play on words | Pun |
| Tired and worn out phrases | Cliche |
| Language used in casual conversation | Colloquial Language |
| Very informal language - generational | Slang |
| Language used by a particular group, profession or culture | Jargon |
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