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English Key Terminology you need to know. Key Vocabulary A narrative model

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You need to look up and learn any of these you are unfamiliar with. language or writing that indicates what someone or was now dead. It was merely a shadow of its former glory,
1 1 Descriptive something is like. for the house was no longer alive, and never would be again.
Sunlight no longer danced through the windows and sounds
AFORESTER Other important Command words Word classes Discourse Markers 2 2 Narrative A story or account of a series of events. of laughter were no longer heard; all that was left were the
techniques techniques The general thoughts or feelings you get from a place. remains of a long since dead house. Cobwebs littered the
3 3 Atmosphere wooden slats and broken walls. Dusty light-fittings stared
Alliteration Simile Describe Noun Firstly, down miserably at a table that would never again be laden
Facts Metaphor Analyse Proper noun Secondly, 4 4 Structure The way something is made, built or put together. with food and fun, with chairs that had not been warm for
Opinions Hyperbole Explain Pronoun Finally, 5 5 Tension A feeling of worry or anxiety. years. As I stood in the hallway, the silence crept through
Repetition Onomatopoeia Identify Abstract noun Similarly, the empty rooms towards me, mocking me with its quiet.
Emotive language Stanza Evaluate Adjective However, 6 6 Pace The speed at which something happens or is done. The house was not always dead. I can forlornly recall all my

Statistics Personification Discuss Determiner Whereas, G Grow your vocabulary visits to this once beautiful place. Every summer holiday,

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Triplets Imagery Justify Conjunction On the other hand, something very old or old fashioned. my parents brought me to this house, where my
7 7 Antiquated grandparents lived, and their parents before them. Living in
Exaggeration Enjambment Define Verb Also, the city, my summers spent in nature were filled with joy
Rhetorical questions Narrator Infer Modal verb Moreover, 8 8 Balmy weather that is fairly warm and pleasant. and laughter. The bright sunshine, the gentle winds and the
Caesura Suggest Adverb Furthermore, something that is strange and frightening and makes you feel solitude that had been introduced to me in this wonderful
9 9 Eerie nervous. place had all come to be things I loved. My sister and I
State In addition, would spend hours climbing the trees surrounding the
Compare 1 10 Picturesque an attractive and interesting place. house, building dens and having endless adventures, before
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https://www.grammar-monster.com 1 11 Mournful Very Sad analysis of the day.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference 1 12 Exhilarating Something that makes you feel happy and excited.
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https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar But on the day of the accident, everything changed. And
1 13 Ghastly Something that is very unpleasant. nothing changed.
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1 14 Dreary Something that is dull and depressing.