Methods

• Third person pronoun


  him, her, he, she, it, and the third person plural: them, those.
• Possessive pronoun (1st, 2nd or 3rd person depending)


  My, mine, our, your, his, her, hers, theirs.
• common noun


  a naming word for a thing that is tangible e.g chair, penguin, man, arsonist, murderer, ghost, crumpet, trumpet.
• Abstract noun


  A naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief e.g tidiness, sadness, love, politics, Marxism.
• Proper noun


  A naming word for a specific example of a common noun (often are names of places or specific people) e.g Bob, Eiffel Tower, Burnley, Wayne Rooney.
• Verb


  a word that represents an action or process: in simple terms a 'doing' word.
• Active verb


  A word that represents a physical action e.g jump, run, kill, slap, kiss, wallop, sleep.
• Stative verb


  A word that represents a process that is often only mental e.g think, love, ponder, believe.
• Auxillary verb


  A verb that has to be used with another verb in order to create present participles or in the future tense e.g DID you go? I AM going? You WILL go?
• Modal verb


  An auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of either possibility or necessity e.g might, could, must, should, may.
• Adjective


  A describing word that modifies a noun.
• Adverb


  A describing word that modifies all types of word, excluding nouns.
• Superlative


  An adjective that displays the most extreme value of its quantity e.g most, biggest, smallest, worst, furthest, farthest, quietest, zaniest. Most of the time superlatives end with '-est'.
• Third person pronoun


  Him, her, he, she, it, and the third person plural: them, those.
• Possessive pronoun (1st, 2nd or 3rd person depending)


  my, mine, our, your, his, hers, theirs.
• Demonstrative pronoun


  This, that, those.
• Monosyllabic lexis


  Words of one syllable.
• Polysyllabic lexis


  Words of two or more syllables.
• Imperative sentence mood


  When a sentence is issuing a command.
• Declarative sentence mood


  When a sentence is making a statement.
• Interrogative sentence mood


  When a sentence is asking a question.
• Exclamatory sentence mood


  When a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion, sense of alarm or overly strong emphasis.
• Register


  The level of formality of a text.
• Tenor


  The tone, or the relationship between author and reader and how it is created.
• Content


  What the text is about.
• Form


  The structure and shape of a text.
• Themes


  The recurring ideas and images in a text.
• Colloquialism


  Informal language usage e.g bloke, fella, bag (toilet), arse, bum, grub, scram.
• Exclamation


  A one word sentence (always a minor sentence) with an exclaimation mark at the end.
• Ellipsis


  When parts of a written structure are missing. In texts, sometimes they are indicated by three full stops in a row, denoting perhaps a significant pause... Do you see?
• Syntax


  The way words form sentences (the ordering of them to create meaning).
• Parenthesis, Parenthetic commas, dashes or brackets


  An aside within a text created by sectioning off extra information between brackets, dashes or between two commas.
• Rhetorical question


  A question designed not to be answered, perhaps to pique interest or make a point; a stylistic choice.
• Hypophora


  When a rhetorical question is immediately followed by an answer in a text e.g Is this the best film ever? You bet it is!
• Hyperbole


  Deliberate over-exaggeration of things for effect.
• Litotes


  Deliberate downplaying of things for effect.
• Parallelism/patterning


  The creation of patterns in a text, through repetition of words or phrases (phonological parallelism) or by balancing meanings (semantic parallelism) for deliberate effect.
• Repetition


  The repetition of words or phrases (see parallelism)
• Tricolon/tripling


  Grouping in threes, either through the repetition or through structures (either within a sentence or paragraph). This can be for emphasis or to add a sense of gathering momentum to a point being made.
• Imagery


  A descriptive or metaphorical use of language to create a vivid picture.