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Noun

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Naming somthing be it a person, object or place etc

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Adjectives

Definition

 

Describes a noun. Singles it out

red car

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Adverb

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An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".

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Verb

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A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being.

 

Dracula bites his victims on the neck

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Pronoun

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words like 'I', 'me', 'us', 'myself', etc

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Conjunction

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You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses:

I ate the pizza and the pasta.
Call the movers when you are ready.
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Preposition

Definition

a word expressing a relationship of meaning between two parts of a sentance 

 

we had a meal in a restaurant.

i'll take you to the cinema

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Syntax / Sentence moods:

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Declarative - Statment

Interrogative - Question

Imperative - Comand

Exclamatory - Hightend feelings

 

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Sentence Types

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Simple - one subjects, one verb

 

Compound - two subjects, two verbs-linked by co-ordinating conjuctions

 

Complex - two or more clauses linked togther by subordinating words

 
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Semantic Fields
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meaning identified through mutually defining words in a sentence or phrase i.e. red, blue, green, yellow
 
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Connotations
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wider word association to just a dictionary definition, i.e connotes more than…
 
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Collocations
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two or more words that frequently appear together as part of a set phrase i.e. loud and clear, safe and sound
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Narrative Viewpoint

Definition

 

First Person - “I” and “we”

 

Second Person -  “you,” “your,” and “yours.”

 

Third Person -  “he,” “she,” or “it”

 

Narrative Voice - the tone/style of a narrators language, which gives us an impression of the narrators character

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Tenses

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1st person - I

 

2nd person - You

 

3rd person - they

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