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89 Cards in this Set
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Common noun |
A person, place or thing- something tangible eg.chair |
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Abstract noun |
A naming device for a concept, idea, and a being or belief |
Love is an abstract noun |
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Verb |
A doing word |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies all types of word-excluding nouns |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies all types of word-excluding nouns |
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Superlative |
An adjective that displays the most extreme value its quality |
Most, biggest, largest, nastiest |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies all types of word-excluding nouns |
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Superlative |
An adjective that displays the most extreme value its quality |
Most, biggest, largest, nastiest |
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Conparative |
An adjective that relates one thing to another-usually end in -er |
Bigger, larger, smaller |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies all types of word-excluding nouns |
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Superlative |
An adjective that displays the most extreme value its quality |
Most, biggest, largest, nastiest |
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Conparative |
An adjective that relates one thing to another-usually end in -er |
Bigger, larger, smaller |
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Pronoun |
A word that takes the place of a noun |
He, her, it, she |
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Active verb |
Word that represents a physical action |
Run,slap,kiss |
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Stative verb |
A word that represents a process that is often only mental |
Think, love, ponder, believe |
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Adjective |
A describing word that modifies a noun |
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Adverb |
A describing word that modifies all types of word-excluding nouns |
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Superlative |
An adjective that displays the most extreme value its quality |
Most, biggest, largest, nastiest |
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Conparative |
An adjective that relates one thing to another-usually end in -er |
Bigger, larger, smaller |
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Pronoun |
A word that takes the place of a noun |
He, her, it, she |
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Possessive pronouns |
A pronoun belonging to them |
My, mine, our, yours, hers, his |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Imperative sentence mood |
When a sentence is issuing a command |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Imperative sentence mood |
When a sentence is issuing a command |
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Declarative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a statement |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Imperative sentence mood |
When a sentence is issuing a command |
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Declarative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a statement |
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Interrogative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a question |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Imperative sentence mood |
When a sentence is issuing a command |
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Declarative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a statement |
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Interrogative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a question |
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Register |
The level of formality of a text |
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Monosyllabic lexis |
Words of one syllable |
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Polysyllabic lexis |
Words of two or more syllables |
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Imperative sentence mood |
When a sentence is issuing a command |
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Declarative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a statement |
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Interrogative sentence mood |
When a sentence is making a question |
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Register |
The level of formality of a text |
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Exclamatory sentence mood |
When a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis |
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Tenor |
The tone, or relationship between author and reader, and how it is created |
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Tenor |
The tone, or relationship between author and reader, and how it is created |
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Exclamation |
A one word sentence with an exclamation at the end |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes, or between two commas |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes, or between two commas |
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Rhetorical question |
A question designed not to be answered |
Used as a Stylistic choice, to pique interest or to make a point |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes, or between two commas |
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Rhetorical question |
A question designed not to be answered |
Used as a Stylistic choice, to pique interest or to make a point |
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Hypophora |
When a rhetorical question is immediately answered in the text |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes, or between two commas |
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Rhetorical question |
A question designed not to be answered |
Used as a Stylistic choice, to pique interest or to make a point |
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Hypophora |
When a rhetorical question is immediately answered in the text |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate over-exaggeration of things for effect |
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Parenthesis |
An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes, or between two commas |
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Rhetorical question |
A question designed not to be answered |
Used as a Stylistic choice, to pique interest or to make a point |
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Hypophora |
When a rhetorical question is immediately answered in the text |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate over-exaggeration of things for effect |
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Litotes |
Deliberate downplaying of things for effect |
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Personification |
Giving human characteristics to non-human things |
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Pathetic fallacy |
When the environment or weather mirrors emotion |
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Oxymoron |
The use of apparently two contradictory words eg peaceful war |
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Asyndetic list |
When sentences have lots of commas in and notably few 'and's |
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