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English Key Terminology you need to know.

You need to look up and learn any of these you are unfamiliar

with.

AFORESTER techniques Other important Command words Word classes Discourse Markers
techniques

Alliteration Simile Describe Noun Firstly,
Facts Metaphor Analyse Proper noun Secondly,

Opinions Hyperbole Explain Pronoun Finally,

Repetition Onomatopoeia Identify Abstract noun Similarly,
Emotive language Stanza Evaluate Adjective However,

Statistics Personification Discuss Determiner Whereas,

Triplets Imagery Justify Conjunction On the other hand,
Exaggeration Enjambment Define Verb Also,

Rhetorical questions Narrator Infer Modal verb Moreover,

Caesura Suggest Adverb Furthermore,
State In addition,

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Useful websites:
https://www.grammar-monster.com
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference
https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar