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What one of these is an abstract noun?
Anger
Homework
Gravity
Thought
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What is 'themselves' an example of?
Demonstrative pronoun
Third person reflective pronoun
Reflexive third person pronoun
Neology
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What is an example of a superlaritive adjective?
Boring
Biggest
Hotter
Tiny
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What is a denotation?
Occurs when part of a sentence is left out
A word used to make a reader think in a particular way
Objecting meaning of a word
Word association that a word has
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What is a lexical field?
Group of words that occur when part of sentences is left out
Words that have similar functions in a sentence
Words that have similar meanings
Group of words with associated meanings
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What is a noun phrase?
Adds more information about a situation
One or more words functioning in a sentence
It has a noun or a pronoun as a headword
Tells more information about the subject noun
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Which of these isn't an adverbial?
Person
Time
Manner
Place
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What is a preposition?
Tells us how something is related to something else
Technical vocabulary associated with particular occupation
Come before nouns and refer directly to them
The object of the verb is the same as its subject
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Words that have contrasting meanings are known as...
Hypernyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Synonyms
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What does the A stand for in SVOCA?
Auxiliary
Adverbial
Adjective
Adverb
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The process of word formation is...
Broadening
Neology
Levels of formality
Figurative language
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What is the definition of semantics?
Meanings of words in a particular context
The process of words changing meaning
Meaning in particular situations
The literal meaning of words
