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Noun
Def: A word used to identify a person, place or thing
Example: man, city, ball
Proper Noun
Def: A word used to identify a specific person, place or
thing
Example: Peter, London, Harrods
Common Noun
Def: A word used to identify a general person, place or
thing
Example: man, city, ball
Abstract Noun
Def: A word used to denote an idea, quality, state,
emotion / feeling.
Example: justice, happiness, talent
Verb
Def: A word used to express a physical action, a mental action or a state of being.
Example: run, think, am
Adjective
Def: A word that describes the noun.
Example: confused, beautiful, calm
Comparative
adjectiveDef: An adjective that is used to compare the differences between the two objects, people or places they are
describing.
Example: larger, faster, prettier
Superlative
adjectiveDef: An adjective that is
used to compare three or more objects, people or
places.
Example: largest, fastest, prettiest
Adverb
Def: A word that describes the verb.
Example: quickly, suspiciously, often
Simile
Def: A comparison between two things using the words
‘like’ or ‘as’
Example: as cute as a kitten, they fought like cats
and dogs
Metaphor
Def: A comparison between two things saying
something is something else.
Example: quickly, suspiciously, often
Personification
Def: Where an object is given human qualities
Example: The trees whispered. The fire
swallowed the entire forest
Personal pronoun
Def: Words that represent specific people or things. They can be singular (I) or plural (we). They reflect
person: first person (I, we), second person (you) and
third person (he/she/they)
Possessive pronoun
Def: A pronoun indicating possession of an object.
Example: My, mine, yours, his, hers, theirs
Onomatopoeia
Def: Words that sound like the noises they are making
Example: snap, crackle, pop
Hyperbole
Def: Exaggerated statements
Example: He is older than the hills. She’s got a truckload of money.
Alliteration
Def: A sequence of words that begin with the same letter. Consider whether the alliteration is soft or
hard.
Example: The beautiful bouquet blossomed in the
Assonance
Def: When two or more words close to one another repeat the same
vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
Example: We light fire on the mountain.
Noun phrase
Def: Two or more words that are connected by the
noun. For example, a determiner and a noun, an
adjective and a noun
Example: The boy, a blue car
Verb phrase
Def: Two or more words that are connected by the verb. For example, a verb
and an adverb
Example: ran quickly
Sibilance
Def: A form of alliteration using sounds that create a
hissing sound.
Example: Sing a song of sixpence
Tone
Def: The attitude conveyed through a piece of writing.
Example: Colloquial tone (informal), sarcastic,
argumentative, friendly, humorous
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