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Section 3: Appendices
Technical vocabulary list
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NLS Framework for teaching
The main technical terms used in the Framework are listed below according to the year in which they first occur. It provides a useful check list for teachers. Most of these terms should also form part of pupils' developing vocabulary for talking about language. The glossary which follows provides the relevant definitions.
Year R
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Sentence
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Text
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YR
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Alphabet
Alphabetical order
Grapheme
Letter
Onset
Phoneme
Rime
Sounds (first, middle, end/final)
Word
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Capital letter
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Beginning
Book
Cover
End
Line
Page
Recount
Rhyme
Story
Title
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Year 1
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y1
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Consonant
Letter sound: final, initial, medial
Lower case
Plural
Spelling pattern
Upper case
Vowel
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Full stop
Question
Question mark
Sentence
Speech marks
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Author
Blurb
Caption
Character
Contents
Diagram
Dictionary
Fiction
Illustrator
Index
Instruction
Label
Layout
Lists
Non-chronological writing
Non-fiction
Play
Poem
Predict
Report
Setting
Signs
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Year 2
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y2
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Antonym
Compound word
Digraph
Prefix
Syllable
Synonym
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Bold print
Comma
Exclamation mark
Italics
Punctuation
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Anthology
Explanation
Fact
Flow chart
Glossary
Heading
Key phrase
Key word
Nonsense poem
Notes
Poet
Publisher
Riddle
Scan
Setting
Skim
Story plot
Sub-heading
Theme
Tongue-twister
Verse
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Year 3
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y3
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Apostrophe
Definition
Homonym
Root word
Singular
Suffix
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Adjective
Bullet points
Conjunction
Formal language
Grammar
Informal language
Noun: collective,
common, proper
Pronoun: personal, possessive
Verb
Verb tense
1st, 2nd, 3rd person
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Alliteration
Audience
Bibliography
Calligram
Dialogue
Encyclopaedia
Fable
Legend
Myth
Onomatopoeia
Parables
Performance poetry
Purpose of writing
Sequel
Sequence
Structure
Thesaurus
Traditional story
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Year 4
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y4
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Diminutive
Font
Homophone
Pun
Simile
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Adjectives: comparative, superlative
Adverb
Clause
Colon
Connective
Hyphen
Paragraph
Phrase
Possessive apostrophe
Semi-colon
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Abbreviate
Argument
Chorus
Cinquain
Debate
Discursive writing
Discussion
Editorial
Epitaph
Fantasy adventure
Free verse
Haiku
Jingle
Monologue
Narrative
Opinion
Persuasive writing
Playscript
Rhyming couplet
Science fiction
Stanza
Summary
Voice
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Year 5
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y5
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Acronym
Cliché
Idiom
Metaphor
Slang
Technical vocabulary
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Dialect
Imperative verb
Preposition
Rhetorical question
Speech: direct, reported
Standard English
Subject
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Ballad
Chronological sequence
Complication
Concrete poetry
Edit
Extract
Imagery
Novel
Point of view
Quotation
Resolution
Rhyme: full, half,
internal
Plan
Sonnet
Stage direction
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Year 6
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Word
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Sentence
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Text
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Y6
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Mnemonic
Proverb
Word derivation
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Asterisk
Complex sentence
Hypothesis
Impersonal language
Parentheses: brackets, commas, dashes
Voice: active, passive
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Anecdote
Appendix, appendices
Assonance
Autobiography
Biography
Commentary
Footnote
Journalistic writing
Kenning
Limerick
Narrator
Obituary
Parody
Personification
Riddle
Synopsis
Tanka
Viewpoint
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