Metalanguage: Syntax

Question 1

Predicate

Answer 1

The verb and every piece of info after the subject in a sentence.

‘Frida THREW THE BASKETBALL’

Question 2

Complement

Answer 2

An element required to complete the meaning of a verb. If a sentence does not make sense without it then it is the complement.

A complement must follow a linking verb.

Question 3

Coordination and subordination

Answer 3

The use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions respectively.

Question 4

Modifiers

Answer 4

A modifier adds information to the sentence and is not necessarily required for the sentence to still make sense.

Question 5

Adverbials

Answer 5

An adverbial is when a clause or phrase acts like an adverb.

Question 6

Active voice

Answer 6

Active voice: The subject performs the action.

‘Frida threw the basketball’

Question 7

Passive voice

Answer 7

Passive voice: The subject receives the action.

‘The basketball was thrown by Frida’

Question 8

Agentless voice

Answer 8

Agentless voice: The agent has been omitted.

‘The basketball was thrown’.

Question 9

Antithesis

Answer 9

Putting two contrasting ideas near each other in a sentence in parallel structures.
‘One SMALL STEP for man, one GIANT LEAP for mankind’

Question 10

Parallelism

Answer 10

Repetition of grammatical structures in succession.
‘Work hard, play hard’ (repeated verb + adjective)

Question 11

Listing

Answer 11

Presenting related ideas in a similar grammatical form.

“Amongst the animals in our zoo, we have, elephants, tigers, birds, lions..”