Key Stage 3 Subject Terminology AHS

abstract noun

nouns that refer to a concept or thing that has no physical qualities; fear, hope defines attributes of a noun: the extravagant party

adverb

describes the action of a verb: the child slept soundly

adverbial phrase

a group of words that add extra information about how and when something happens: At the end of the day, he realised it was hopeless.

allusion

when the writer makes a reference to an event, story or famous thing that the writer expects the reader to know; common allusions relate to the bible

anaphora

repetition of a word at the beginning of a succession of lines, clauses, etc.

antithesis

words set up in opposition to each other in nearby lines or clauses

chiasmus

a crossing of words and phrases; the arrangement of clauses or phrase is swapped; "ABBA": I do not live that I may eat, but I eat that I may live

clause

a group of words that forms a full sentence or part of a sentence

epiplexis

often a series of rhetorical questions, seeking to shame, anger, or reproach the audience into seeing the point

epistrophe

the repetition of one or more words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

hypophora

in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question

intensifier

an adverb that adds emphasis as a pre-modifier to an adverb or adjective: so cold, very unfortunate, really slowly.

litotes

a form of understatement in which an idea is expressed ironically by negating its contrary

metaphor

an implicit comparison

modal verb

marks contrasts in attitude such as obligation, possibility and prediction: must, can, will

noun phrase

words added to the noun to provide more information about it: The tall, handsome man (noun) looked sad and lonely in the busy and hectic room (noun).

pathetic fallacy

a kind of personification that gives human emotions to inanimate objects of nature; weather features reflecting a mood: It rains when the character is sad.

preposition

word class, like in, on, of, that expresses a relationship between two lexical items

sibilance

repeated consonant sound: s, sh, z

superlative

form of adjectives and adverbs used for comparison with the inflection -est or the adverb most: fastest, most compassionate

zoomorphism

a comparison attributing animal characteristics to an object or abstract concept