Essential Words Needed for the GRE - Language & Literary Devices

dialecte

syntaxe

déclinaison

flexion

conjuguer

inversion

accusatif

vocatif

génitif

‌(of verbs) a form or mood that represents possibility, doubt, or wishes

(grammar) a specific form of a pronoun, adjective, or noun that is used to show by what means or by whom an action is done or to indicate the source of the action, found in some languages such as Latin or Sanskrit

locatif

prédicatif

(in the grammar of some languages) the form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun when it takes the role of a verbnouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

attributif

indicatif

interrogatif

neutre

affix

allitération

ironie

allusion

satire

euphémisme

analogie

cohérent

étymologie

incapable de s'exprimer

tautologie

pragmatique

phonétique

phonème

morphème

lexème

allophone

ellipse

homonyme

homophone

diphtongue

onomatopée