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English Terminology

Useful Terminology from Mr Griffin

QuestionAnswer
Concrete Noun A Real Object
Abstract Noun A Idea/Emotion
Proper Noun Name (Capital Letter)
Collective Noun Group Name
Comparative 'er' ending words
Superlative 'est' ending words
Pronoun I, He, She, It
Reflexive Pronoun Myself, Himself, Yourself, etc
Possessive Pronoun His, Hers - Show ownership
Demonstrative Pronoun This, That - Demonstrative
Head Word Main Word eg; My Big Fat Gypsy WEDDING
Pre-modifier Words Infront Of Head Word
Post-modifier Words After Head Word
Intensifier Extremely, Very - Intense Words (Emphasis)
Figurative Language Imaginative - eg, The Wheelbarrow Of Love
Idiom Unique Use Of Language - eg, it's raining cats and dogs
Collocation A Word That Makes You Think Of Other Words
Archaism Old Language
Jargon/Technical Vocab Field Specific Language
Phonetic Spelling Words Spelt How They Sound
Assonance Vowel Sounds
Consonance Constanent Sounds
Long Vowel Vowel Sound Is Long
Short Vowel Vowel Sound Is Short
Dipthong Two Vowel Sounds Together
Fricative Vibrating Sounds eg, F V
Plosive Exploding Sounds eg, B P
Monosyllabic One Syllable Words
Polysyllabic More Than One Syllable Words
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Litotes An Understatement
Doublets Pairs Of Words eg; Spick and Span
Triplets Three's Of Words
Latinate Words That Come From Latin/French - POSH WORDS
Germanic Words That Come From Anglo-Saxon Languages
Inflection Makes Word More Dramatic
Blends eg; Motel Smog
Abbreviation eg; Omnibus - Bus
Acronym Words That Stand For Something eg, LOL
Semantic Field Words That All Have Similar Meaning
Denoation What A Word Means - Dictionary
Connotation Something Suggested By A Word
Hyponym Examples of a Thing eg; Blue Red Orange Green
Hypernym Main Thing eg; Colour
Synonym Words That Have a Similar Meaning
Antonym Words That Have a Opposite Meaning
Created by: gemmagladdy
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