ENGL 1101- Chapter 1 Terminology

Rhetoric

language designed to have a persuasive and or impressive effect on a audience and or person.

Verbs

To indicate an action

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Proper Nouns

Names that denote specific people, places, or organizations and are always capitalized.

common nouns

Names that refer to general items, people, or places and are not capitalized unless at the beginning of a sentence.

count nouns

Nouns that can be counted and have both singular and plural forms, such as "cat" and "cats."

non count nouns

Nouns that cannot be counted individually and do not have a plural form, such as "milk" or "information."

collective nouns

Nouns that refer to a group of individuals or items, treated as a single unit, such as "team" or "flock."

abstract nouns

Nouns that represent ideas, qualities, or concepts that cannot be physically touched or measured, such as "freedom" or "happiness."

concrete nouns

Nouns that refer to physical objects or substances that can be perceived by the senses, such as "apple" or "car."

articles(english context)

Words that define a noun as specific or unspecific, such as "the" and "a."

indefinite articles

Articles that do not specify a particular noun, typically "a" and "an."

adverbs

Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, often ending in '-ly,' such as 'quickly' or 'silently.'

phrasal prepositions

Phrasal prepositions are phrases that consist of a preposition followed by a noun or noun phrase, functioning as a single unit to indicate relationships in a sentence, such as 'in front of' or 'out of.'

The subject

is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb in a sentence, indicating who or what the sentence is about.

Simple subject

the main noun or pronoun in a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about, excluding any modifiers.

Simple predicate

the verb or verb phrase that describes the action or state of being of the subject in a sentence.

compound subject

a subject that consists of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by a conjunction, sharing the same verb. (and)

complements

words or groups of words that complete the meaning of a subject or verb in a sentence.

direct object

the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence.

indirect object

the noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the action of the verb, typically indicating to whom or for whom the action is performed.

simple complement

a word or group of words that completes the meaning of a subject or verb without adding any modifiers.

infinitive

the base form of a verb, usually preceded by "to," that can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.