key words in english

• Noun: a person, place, thing, idea
• Simple sentence: contains one clause with a subject and verb
• Verb: an action or state
• Compound sentence: contains two independent clauses that are related and joined with a conjunction
• Modal Verb: expresses necessity or possibility
• Complex sentence: contains one or more subordinate clause
• Imperative: gives an order or command
• Impact sentence or Fragment: contains three or less words
• Repetition: a word or phrase that is used more than once
• Adjective: describes a noun
• Triple: three adjectives or phrases used to describe something
• Pronoun: used in place of a noun
• Superlative: an adjective showing the highest quality or degree
• Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
• Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
• Listing: a number of connected items written one after the other to emphasise a particular quality
• Alliteration: the same letter or sound at the start of adjacent words
• Links between paragraphs: a recurring idea, character or object in two or more paragraphs to foreground the importance
• Metaphor: direct comparison of two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’
• Shifts in focus: the change of focus in or between paragraphs
• Simile: comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
• Zooming in and out: the narrowing or widening of the narrative focus
• Personification: the giving of human characteristics to a non-human object
• Chronological structure: arranged in the order of time
• Semantic field: the use of a group of words that all link to the same topic
• Hyperbole: exaggeration that should not be taken literally
• Links between the beginning and ending: a narrative link between the start and end of a text
• Imagery: vivid description of a particular scene
• Tactile imagery: vivid description of physical sensation
• Narrative voice: 1st / 2nd / 3rd person
• Olfactory imagery: vivid description of smell
• Direct speech: the speech of a character in “”
• Gustatory imagery: vivid description of taste / flavour
• Tense: past, present, future
• Kinesthetic imagery: vivid description of movement or body position
• Foreshadow: an advance hint of what is to come later
• Aberration is the deviation from the norm.
• The highest point, culminating point, is the point at which something reaches its peak.
• Abhor is to hate or detest.
• Acquiesce is to agree without protesting.