A absolute adjective is an adjective, like supreme or infinite, with a meaning that is usually not capable of being intensified or compared. Known as an incomparable, ultimate, or absolute modifier. Absolute adjectives are in the superlative degree. Many absolute adjectives can be quantified by the addition of the word almost, nearly, or virtually.

An exploratory essay is a brief work of nonfiction in which a writer works out of a problem or explores an idea or experience, without attempting to back up a claim or support a thesis.

A double entendre is a figure of speech where a word or phrase can be assumed in two ways, particularly when one meaning is risqué. Also called innuendo. One of the famous double entendres in A advertising is the slogan made by Shirley Polykoff to promote Clairol hair coloring: “Does she or doesn’t she?” The phrase double entendre  is

Predicative adjective is a traditional term for an adjective that typically comes after a linking verb rather than before a noun. Another word for a predicative adjective is a subject complement.

An inflectional morpheme is a suffix that’s attached to a word (a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb) to assign a grammatical property to that word, like its tense, number, possession, or comparison. Inflectional morphemes in English have  the bound morphemes -s (or -es), ‘s (or s’), -ed; -en; -er, -est, and -ing. Suffixes may even do double- or triple-duty. For instance, – s can note possession, make count nouns plural, or put a verb in the

Cultural hegemony refers to domination or rule preserved through ideological or cultural means. It is achieved via social institutions, which permit those in power to influence the values, norms, ideas, expectations, worldviews, and behavior of the rest of society. Cultural hegemony works by framing the perspective of the governing class and the social

A word component (a type of affix) can be placed within the foundational form of a word—rather than at its start or end—to create a new word or deepen its meaning. The process of adding an infix is called infixation. The most common kind of infix in  grammar is the expletive, as in “fan-bloody-tastic.”

Coordinate adjectives are a series of two or more adjectives that independently modify a noun and are roughly equally important. As opposed to cumulative adjectives, coordinate adjectives can be connected by and, and the organization of the adjectives can be reversed. Coordinate adjectives are traditionally separated by commas.

A subject complement is a word or phrase that comes after a linking verb and explains or renames the subject of the sentence. Called a subjective complement. In conventional grammar, a subject complement is typically identified as either a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective.

Grammatical function is the syntactic role performed by a word or phrase in the perspective of a  clause or sentence. Sometimes known as simply function. In English, grammatical function is largely determined by a word’s place in a sentence, not by inflection (or word endings).