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Collective Nouns
- Introduction
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A-Z of Collective Nouns
- A - Aurora
- B - Bale
- C - Caravan
- D - Down
- E - Embarrassment
- F - Fluther
- G - Generation
- H - Hover
- I - Implausibility
- J - Journey
- K - Kaleidoscope
- L - Leap
- M - Murder
- N - Nest
- O - Ostentation
- P - Pandemonium
- Q - Quiver
- R - Raft
- S - Shiver
- T - Troubling
- U - Unkindness
- V - Venom
- W - Watch
- X - Exultation
- Y - Yoke
- Z - Zeal
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Language
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Grammar
- Grammar - the rules of English
- The nine parts of speech
- Conjunction 1
- Conjunction 2
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Verb
- Adverb 1
- Adverb 2
- Adverb 3
- Preposition
- Interjection
- Article
- Proper nouns and common nouns
- Syntax
- Passive and active voice
- Traditional passive and active
- Active voice is preferred
- Their and there
- Sentence
- Homophones, homographs and homonyms
- Homophones
- Homographs
- Homonyms
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Punctuation
- Apostrophe
- Don't use an apostrophe to make a plural
- Apostrophes that show possession
- Plural nouns that do not end in "S"
- Apostrophes and pronouns
- Apostrophes that show omission
- Who's and whose
- Acronyms (initials), numbers and dates
- Colon - indicates added detail/gives explanation
- Semicolon - between a comma and a full stop
- Hyphen - prevents confusion and means "to"
- Comma - two easy meanings
- Comma - the two difficult meanings
- Parenthesis - bracketed information
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Tenses
- Understanding tenses
- How to recognise tenses
- Past, present and future tenses
- How to recognise past tense
- How to recognise present tense
- How to recognise future tense
- Further examples
- The effects of tenses
- Going one stage further
- The four aspects of tenses
- Tenses and aspects – Example 1
- Tenses and aspects – Example 2
- Tenses and aspects – Example 3
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Words you must know
- Euphemism
- Chronological
- Oxymoron
- Irony
- Sarcasm
- Cliche
- Anecdote
- Idiom
- Headline
- Tagline
- Theme
- Tone
- Mood
- Emotive language
- Pun
- Slang
- Synonym
- Rhetoric
- Rhetorical question
- Adage
- Imperative
- Triplet
- Pathos
- Assonance
- Alliteration
- Consonance
- Allusion
- Analogy
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Hyperbole
- Figurative
- Onomatopoeia
- Malapropism
- Satire
- Anaphor
- Anthropomorphism
- Personification
- Pathetic Fallacy
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Language and presentational features
- Introduction to language and presentational features
- Make three lists
- Features and effects
- Remembering the list of language features
- Pretending
- Sound
- Persuasion
- Speech
- Search for four things
- The effects of language features
- How to remember the list of effects
- Types of effects
- Match effects with features
- Answering the question
- Here's how to do it
- Another example
- Answering the question - 2
- More examples - 1
- More examples - 2
- More examples - 3
- Presentational features and their effects
- Spotting presentational features
- Remembering the presentational features
- Effects of presentational features
- Linking presentational features and effects
- Answering the question: Example 1
- Answering the question: Example 2
- Answering the question: Example 3
Literature
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Poetry Vocabulary
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Stress
- Stress
- unstressed
- Change of stress
- Stress length
- Hear word stress
- How many syllables?
- Foot - one unit of stressed and/or unstressed syllables
- Types of feet
- Iambic
- Trochaic
- Spondaic
- Anapestic
- Dactylic
- Amphibrachic
- Pyrrhic
- Metre - number of feet in a line of poetry
- The Greek number system
- Iambic pentameter - Shakespeare
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Poetry - feet and metres
- Iambic monometer
- Iambic dimeter
- Iambic trimeter
- Iambic tetrameter
- Iambic pentameter
- Iambic hexameter
- Iambic heptameter
- Iambic octameter
- Trochaic monometer
- Trochaic dimeter
- Trochaic trimeter
- Trochaic tetrameter
- Trochaic pentameter
- Trochaic hexameter
- Anapestic trimeter
- Anapestic tetrameter
- Anapestic pentameter
- Anapestic hexameter
- Anapestic heptameter
- Anapestic octameter
- Dactylic monometer
- Dactylic dimeter
- Dactylic trimeter
- Dactylic tetrameter
- Dactylic pentameter
- Dactylic hexameter
- Dactylic heptameter
- Dactylic octameter
- Amphibrachic monometer
- Amphibrachic dimeter
- Amphibrachic trimeter
- Amphibrachic tetrameter
- Amphibrachic pentameter
- Amphibrachic heptameter and amphibrachic octameter
- Pyrrhic monometer