Pick up two words each from the passage on the given category:-
a. Plants:- b. Mathematical terms-
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Language, Grammar and Literary Terms
A Glossary of Grammatical Terminology, Definitions and Examples - Sounds and Literary Effects in Language, Speaking, Writing, Poetry..
This glossary of linguistics, literary and grammatical terms is aimed to be helpful for writers, speakers, teachers and communicators of all sorts, in addition to students and teachers of the English language seeking:
to understand the different effects of written and spoken language - what they are called, from a technical or study standpoint,
to develop variety, sensitivity, style and effectiveness in your own use of language - written and spoken - for all sorts of communications, whatever your purposes, and
to improve understanding and interpretation of the meaning of words without having to look them up in a dictionary.
There are very many different effects of written and spoken language. Most people know what an acronym is, or a palindrome . But what is a glottal stop ? What is a tautology , or a gerund ? What is alliteration and onomatopoeia ? What are the meanings of prefixes , such as hypo/hyper and meta , and suffixes such as ology and logue ?
Words alone convey quite basic meaning. Far more feeling and mood is conveyed in the way that words are put together and pronounced - whether for inspiration, motivation, amusement, leadership, persuasion, justification, clarification or any other purpose.
The way we use language - in addition to the language we use - is crucial for effective communications and understanding.
The way others use language gives us major insights as to motives, personalities, needs, etc.
The study and awareness of linguistics helps us to know ourselves and others - why we speak and write in different ways; how language develops; and how so many words and ways of speaking from different languages share the same roots and origins.
Also, our technical appreciation of language is a big help to understanding language more widely, and particularly word meanings that we might not have encountered before.
For example why is a prefix so significant in language? And a suffix ?
Knowing these and many other aspects of linguistics can