English Language Terms by Elin Wyn Jones-Thomas https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms This is a list of grammatical English terms, there meanings and some examples of where they may be used. (As / A Level work) en-us 2015-10-11 19:51:15 UTC 2025-11-02 21:40:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Denotation 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889320 Dictionary definition e.g.

Dog - "A domesticated carnivorous mamal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws and barks/howls

]]> 2015-10-11 19:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889320 Conotation 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889390 Extra associations, feeling and ideas the word may have e.g.

Table - Periodic Table, Maths Table (figures)

]]> 2015-10-11 19:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889390 Nouns (Concrete) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889484 Names of things that can be perceived through the senses e.g. table, chair

]]> 2015-10-11 19:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889484 Nouns (Abstract) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889574 Names of feelings and qualities e.g.

love, happy, poor

]]> 2015-10-11 20:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889574 Adjectives 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889610 Describing words, they add extra qualities to the noun e.g.

"The tall, thin man walked to the house"

]]> 2015-10-11 20:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889610 Nouns (Proper) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889769 Names of people and places e.g. Elin, Pwllheli, Buckingham Palace

]]> 2015-10-11 20:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889769 Nouns (Common) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889839 name of things, places and ideas e.g.

car, dog, flower, chair, brick

]]> 2015-10-11 20:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74889839 Verbs (Finite) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890001 Words that change their form to show number, tense, postition e.g.

- he eats / they eat

- I am / you are

]]> 2015-10-11 20:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890001 Phrases (Nouns 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890146 Has the noun as the most important (usually begins with a determiner) e.g.

]]> 2015-10-11 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890146 Determiner 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890225 Tells us what e.g.

- An apple (not specific)

- The apple (specific

> Demonstrative Pronoun = this, these, those, that

> Possessive Pronoun = mine, yours, his, theirs

> Interrogative Pronoun = what, which, who, whom, whose

> Indefinite Pronoun = all of, both of, each of, (of)

> Quantifier = all, five, many, same

]]> 2015-10-11 20:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890225 Preposition  286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890719 Describe relationships that exist between elements in sentences e.g.

> Place = at

> Direction = towards

> Time = at

> Comparison = as

> Source = from

> Purpose = for

]]> 2015-10-11 20:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890719 Metaphor 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890923 Implying comparison e.g.

> his hands were ice

]]> 2015-10-11 20:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890923 Simlie 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890955 Comparison with one thing and another e.g.

> his hands were like ice

]]> 2015-10-11 20:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74890955 Personification 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891061 Objects given human qualities or emotion e.g.

> the angry sky warned us of the approaching storm

(Pathetic Fallacy = when weather takes on emotion of the character in a stroy)

]]> 2015-10-11 20:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891061 Hyperbole 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891125 Extreme exaggeration (to add colour or humour to a text)

]]> 2015-10-11 20:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891125 Alliteration 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891281 A repeated constant sound at the beginning of words e.g.

> SHe Sells Sea SHells on the Sea SHore

]]> 2015-10-11 20:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891281 Repetition 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891380 To use a word several times. Creates emphasis, connection, developes an idea

]]> 2015-10-11 20:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891380 Onomatopia 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891441 Sounds e.g

> Boom

> Crack

> Clap

]]> 2015-10-11 20:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891441 Antithesis  286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891474 Two contrasting ideas e.g

> heaven or hell

> dark or light

]]> 2015-10-11 20:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891474 Oxymoron 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891563 When two contrasting words are put together to create one e.g.

> bittersweet

> merry war

]]> 2015-10-11 20:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891563 Hyperbaton 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891594 A playing of words, used to grab attention e.g.

> Alone, he walked on the cold, lonely roads

]]> 2015-10-11 20:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891594 Clause (Simple) 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891937 Consists of a verb (phrase) and a subject e.g.

> Time flies

]]> 2015-10-11 20:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74891937 Adverbial Phrase 286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74892044 How? Where? When? e.g.

> Time flies like an arrow

]]> 2015-10-11 20:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74892044 Basic English Grammar  286820 https://padlet.com/286820/EnglishLangTerms/wish/74893792 This quick chart only gives us some of the language terms

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