English (Edexcel A-Level)

• Semantics


  The study of implied meaning in a language.
• Semantic field


  Group of words (at least 3) that are from the same field/topic.
• Noun


  A naming word
• Common nouns


  Used for classes of people or objects (generic).
• Proper noun


  Names of people, places and brands.
• Concrete noun


  Objects that can be seen or touched.
• Pronoun


  Takes the place of a noun or noun phrase
• Abstract noun


  Concepts or emotions (justice)
• Verb


  Action word
• Statice verb


  Denotes a state (worrying)
• Auxiliary verbs


  Helps form tenses, moods and voices of other verbs. (Be, do, have)
• Active (or dynamic) verb


  A physical action
• Adverb


  Describes an action
• Adjectives


  Describes a noun
• Neologisms


  Newly-coined words.
• Register (1)


  Level of formality
• Bathos


  Anticlimax for comedic effect.
• Hyperbole


  exaggeration for effect
• Declaratives


  Sentences that state information.
• Interrogatives


  Sentences that ask a question