Absolute Word - is complete in itself; it cannot be more or less. The judges decision is final. You cannot say or write more final. Some other absolute words are perfect, correct, alive, unique.

Alliteration - is the repetition of the first sounds in words. The fair breeze blew, the white form flew; seven stately stallions.

Antonyms - are words that have the opposite meaning. Good, bad; big, small; happy, sad.

Bound Morpheme - is an affix (prefix or suffix) that changes the grammar or meaning of a word but cannot stand by itself. Anti-, antiseptic; -ly, smoothly.

Classifying Adjective - is a describing word that tells us the class of the noun it describes. gum trees; Holden cars.

Compound Word - consists of two or more words joined together. They can be completely joined, as in snowman and eggplant or separated by a hyphen, as in, go-cart and jack-in-the-box. A compound word can be a noun, as already shown, or an adjective, like red-hot, or a verb, such as overtake. A compound word has a different meaning from each of its parts.

Embedded Clause - A subordinate clause within a principal clause. The girl who sat near me was my friend. (I’d be inclined to use commas with this example.)

Interjection - is an exclamatory word, that interrupts the flow of conversation, such as Wow!, Oops! and my personal favourite, Yoohoo!. It usually shows strong feeling and is followed by an exclamation mark.

Onomatopoeia - is a device in which the word’s meaning is suggested by the sound of the word. Screech, slither, scratch, crunch.

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