Vocabulary Toolbox
Level 1: The Basics
These are words that you need to know. They are not optional at any level of learning, but if you want to achieve in your close reading, you will need to know more.
Parts of Speech
Noun - a person, place, thing, idea or quantity. Proper Noun - a specific person, place, or thing (these start with capitals) Common Noun - a general person, place or thing. Abstract Noun - an idea or concept Pronouns - a word used in place of a noun (e.g. his, her, it) Verb - a word used to describe an action or state of being. Linking Verb - a word that describes a state of being (e.g. am, is, are) Adverb - a word used to qualify (describe) a verb. Adjective - a word used to qualify (describe) a noun. Conjunction - a word used to connect two phrases in a sentence (e.g. and, but, or). Sentence Types (basic) A sentence is a group of words containing a subject (it can be understood) and a verb and expressing a complete thought Simple Sentence - This sentence has one subject and one verb. Compound Sentence - A sentence that has two clauses linked by a conjunction (and, but etc) |
Learning Parts of SpeechThere are a few ways you can brush up on your understanding of parts of speech.
1. Go to BBC Bitesize Parts of Speech Game or try the quiz below 2. Read up on types of sentences at Suite 101 3. Read up on parts of speech at Suite 101 |
Level 2
These are words you should know at Year 9 in order to discuss the texts that we are studying effectively.
Figurative LanguageSimile - a comparison between two different things, often introduced by like or as.
e.g. "She looked like an angry lumberjack." Metaphor - an indirect comparison, that gives the subject attributes of another object. e.g. " He bulldozed a path through the crowd." Personification - a form of metaphor, giving human qualities to inanimate things. e.g. "Famine gripped him in her bony hands." Alliteration - the effective repetition of the first consonant sound in close succession. e.g. "A load of learning lumbering in his head." Cliche - an overworked common phrase or saying. e.g. "He eats like a pig." Onomatopoeia - a word which by its sound suggests its meaning. e.g. "This snake hissed" Hyperbole - exaggeration for effect. e.g. "A thousand apologies." |
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