April 6, 2010
Round up of terms
parentheses- Parentheses (singular, parenthesis)—sometimes called round brackets, curved brackets, oval brackets, or just brackets, or, colloquially, parens — contain material that could be omitted without destroying or altering the meaning of a sentence.
Parentheses may be used in formal writing to add supplementary information, such as he seid "hello"
exclamatory statement- A sentance that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation.
example "What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!"
declarative statement- A sentence in the form of a statement (in contrast to a command a question, or an exclamation). example: She is watching a football game.
imperative statement- Is a statement that commands you to so something (or refrain from doing something), like 'Stop!', 'Do not pass GO!
italics- Used for the title of books and author names or a character speaking for example
Tom seid "Hello people" or for a book Oblivion chapter 4
synonym, Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy
student and pupil (noun)
petty crime and misdemeanor (noun)
buy and purchase (verb)
sick and ill (adjective)
quickly and speedily (adverb)
on and upon (preposition)
antonyms
anytoms are opposites of words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow. The notion of incompatibility here refers to fact that one word in an opposite pair
homonym
homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings such pairs such as row (propel with oars) and row (argument), and read (peruse) and reed (waterside plant) Leak (hole in a ship) Leek (Vegetable)
theme
A theme is the main idea of an essay, paragraph, or a book. The idea about life is revealed in a work of literature. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly. Along with plot, character, setting, and style, theme is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction It is the universal statement or feel when you read a piece of writing.
prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a prefix is called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed. for example post-screening
suffix
a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a suffix is called an afformative, as they can alter the form of the words to which they are fixed. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes and endings (see Proto-Indo-European root). for exampled (helping)
)
syllables A word that consists of a single syllable (like English dog) is called a monosyllable (such a word is monosyllabic), while a word consisting of two syllables (like puppy) is called a disyllable (such a word is disyllabic). A word consisting of three syllables (such as Wolverine) is called a trisyllable (the adjective form is trisyllabic). A word consisting of more than three syllables (such as intelligence)
Parentheses may be used in formal writing to add supplementary information, such as he seid "hello"
exclamatory statement- A sentance that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation.
example "What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!"
declarative statement- A sentence in the form of a statement (in contrast to a command a question, or an exclamation). example: She is watching a football game.
imperative statement- Is a statement that commands you to so something (or refrain from doing something), like 'Stop!', 'Do not pass GO!
italics- Used for the title of books and author names or a character speaking for example
Tom seid "Hello people" or for a book Oblivion chapter 4
synonym, Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy
student and pupil (noun)
petty crime and misdemeanor (noun)
buy and purchase (verb)
sick and ill (adjective)
quickly and speedily (adverb)
on and upon (preposition)
antonyms
anytoms are opposites of words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow. The notion of incompatibility here refers to fact that one word in an opposite pair
homonym
homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings such pairs such as row (propel with oars) and row (argument), and read (peruse) and reed (waterside plant) Leak (hole in a ship) Leek (Vegetable)
theme
A theme is the main idea of an essay, paragraph, or a book. The idea about life is revealed in a work of literature. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly. Along with plot, character, setting, and style, theme is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction It is the universal statement or feel when you read a piece of writing.
prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a prefix is called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed. for example post-screening
suffix
a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a suffix is called an afformative, as they can alter the form of the words to which they are fixed. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes and endings (see Proto-Indo-European root). for exampled (helping)
)
syllables A word that consists of a single syllable (like English dog) is called a monosyllable (such a word is monosyllabic), while a word consisting of two syllables (like puppy) is called a disyllable (such a word is disyllabic). A word consisting of three syllables (such as Wolverine) is called a trisyllable (the adjective form is trisyllabic). A word consisting of more than three syllables (such as intelligence)
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