AP SSC Kannada First Language key terms

A noun naming an entity or idea, whose role in a sentence can be expressed through the relevant case ending.

A verb describing action, event or state, with finite forms contributing the relevant time and agreement information.

A grammatical case relation expressed through the appropriate form, which should be interpreted with the complete construction and verb.

A recipient or beneficiary relation, distinguished from the object acted upon, the instrument and the source of movement.

An instrumental relation identifying the means used for an action, rather than the person receiving its result.

A source or separation relation, interpreted in the actual sentence instead of confused with a destination or location.

A joining process involving the relevant sounds at a boundary, requiring identification of both component forms and the actual change.

A compound construction that connects component meanings within one expression, whose internal relation helps determine its classification.

A compound with a dependency between its members, distinguished in conventional analysis from coordinated equal members.

A compound joining coordinated members with an and-like relation rather than a dependency of one member on another.

A Sanskrit-origin word retained relatively close to its source form, within the conventional school vocabulary classification.

A historically derived form showing relevant changes from its source, distinguished from an unchanged borrowing in the conventional classification.

Vocabulary conventionally treated as native or local Kannada rather than automatically classified as a Sanskrit or other-language loan.

A biography recounting another person’s life, distinguished from an autobiography narrated by the person whose life is described.

A first-person account of the writer’s own life, whose perspective should still be evaluated as a particular narrative viewpoint.

An explicit comparison using a likeness relation in the words, rather than treating every descriptive phrase as a simile.

A metaphorical identification connecting two things without the same explicit likeness structure used in a conventional simile.

A sound-patterning device involving repeated or corresponding sounds in nearby language, evaluated through the actual line rather than its subject alone.

A conventional expression whose intended meaning may differ from a mechanical addition of the literal meanings of its words.

Paragraph unity achieved when supporting sentences develop the controlling idea instead of drifting into unrelated subjects or claims.