English

• Word Classes:

  • Noun: Represents a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., "cat," "London," "happiness")
  • Pronoun: Takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition (e.g., "he," "she," "it," "they")
  • Verb: Expresses an action or state of being (e.g., "run," "think," "is")
  • Adjective: Describes or modifies a noun (e.g., "red," "happy," "big")
  • Adverb: Describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, typically answering questions like "how," "when," "where," or "to what degree" (e.g., "quickly," "very," "here")
• • Preposition: Shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, often indicating location, direction, time, or manner (e.g., "in," "on," "under," "before")
• Language Techniques:

  • Simile: Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Her smile was as bright as the sun")
  • Metaphor: Directly equates two unrelated things (e.g., "The world is a stage")
  • Personification: Gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals (e.g., "The wind whispered through the trees")
  • Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words (e.g., "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers")
  • Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words (e.g., "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain")
• • Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sound they represent (e.g., "Buzz," "Boom," "Moo")
  • Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse")
  • Irony: Contrast between expectation and reality (e.g., saying "What a beautiful day!" on a rainy day)
  • Oxymoron: Combination of contradictory words for effect (e.g., "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence")
  • Repetition: Repeating words, phrases, or sentences for emphasis (e.g., "Never give up, never surrender")
• • Imagery: Use of vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create mental images (e.g., "The sun hung low in the fiery orange sky")
  • Symbolism: Using objects, characters, or actions to represent abstract ideas or concepts (e.g., a red rose symbolizing love)
  • Foreshadowing: Giving hints or clues about what will happen later in the story
• GEEZWETALC:

  • G=Good point
  • E=Evidence
  • E=Explain
  • Z=Zoom
  • W=Writers intention
  • E=Effect on Reader
  • T=Technique
  • A=Alternative Point
  • L=Link
  • C=Context
• DAFOREST:

  • D=Direct Address
  • A=Alliteration
  • F=Fact
  • O=Opinion
  • R=Repetition/Rhetorical Question
  • E=Emotive Language
  • S=Statistics
  • T=Triplets
• TAC:

  • Think In Depth
  • Ambitious Vocabulary
  • Contrast your point (Juxtaposition)
• allegory (noun): a story that can be interpreted as representing moral or political truths
• anecdote (noun): a short amusing or interesting account of a real incident or happening.
• analogy (noun): a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.