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Punctuation

Capital Letter (C)

Full Stop (.)

Comma (,)

Semi-colons (;)

Colon (:)

Question Mark (?)

Exclamation Mark (!)

Quotations Marks(")

Parenthesis ( ( ) )

Hyphen (-)

Dash ( - )

Apostrphe

Start Sentences

Proper Nouns/Adjectives

Titles of books,films etc.

First word of direct speech

End of sentences

Abbreviations

Lists

Where phrases begin and end

Additional Info

Before and after however & nevertheless

Introductory word/phrases

NOT joining 2 sentences

Long pause that balances = ideas

Also opposite ides

Joins clauses where no conjunction

Can replace full stop, and, but, so, for & although

List, idea or explanation following

Introduces quotation

Dialog

End of question

Rhetorical question

Exclamations/Interjections

Accentuate tone

Used with: Yelled, shouted, exclaimed, commanded, etc.

Emotions: fear, happiness, anxiety, shock , misery

Direct speech

Quote

Titles

Slang

Metaphoric uses

Additional info

Replaced by commas/dashes

Links words and prefixes

Differentiate meanings

Prefix ends in vowel and word begins in vowel

Completing words on next line

Pause

Additional info

Comment / afterthought

Climax / anti-climax

Contractions

Possesstion

shows where 2 words joined and letters left out

Singulare add 's

Owners Plural ending in s add '

Name ending in s add 's

Biblical/Classical names ending in s add '

end is ss add 's

Word plural ending in s add 's

Types of sentences

Simple

Compound

Complex

1 Finite verb

1 Idea

2+ Finite verbs

Co-ordination conjunctions (FANBOYS)

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

1 main cluase

1+ subornate clauses

Subordinating conjunctions

Parts of speech

Noun

Pronoun

Adjective

Verb

Abverb

Gerund

Conjuction

Preposition

Article

Common

Proper

Collective

Abstract

Every day things

People, Places etc.

Collection or group

Not visible / tangable

Replaces noun

Describes noun

Doing word

Describes verb

Verb used as noun

Joins sentences

Small word which relate words / phrases

Definte

Indefinite

the

A / An

Figures of speech

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Anthropomorphism

Allereration

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Pun

Euphemism

Irony

Comparison with like/as

Comparison without like/as

Human like qualities to objects/ideas

Human like qualities to animal

Repetition of consonant sounds

Repetition of vowel sounds

Imitates real life sounds

Play on words with double meaning

Rhetoric

Getting a point across - well - though speech

Unpleasant situation in sensitive manner

Implies opposite of what is said

Speech

Direct

Indirect

Exact word of speaker

Inverted commas

Inverted commas removed

Pronouns change

That

asked etc. = if or whether

Today = that day etc.

Here = there

Ouch, Hooray = with pain / joy

Voice

Active

Passive

Subject is doing the action

Subject is have the action done to it

Emotive language

Subjective

Opinion

Connotation

Bias / Predudice

Propaganda

Dramatic words

Strong words

Correction of sentences

Ambiguity

Concord

Tautology

Pronoun consisteny

misrelated participle

Word order

Less/Fewer

Amount / number

Unintentional double meaning

Incorrect conjugation

Repetition of info

Verb to wrong noun

Less = countable

Fewer = not countable

Amount = Volume

Number = countable

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