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10 Cards in this Set
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Adjectives
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a word that defines a noun (person, place or thing) or a pronoun (i.e. us, it, him, etc.)
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Adverbs
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a word that defines a verb (action word) an adverb or and adjective
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant (not a e i o u) - usually at the beginning of words
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds
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audience
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the person or persons receiving a speach or piece of writing
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clauses
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smaller than a sentence but larger than a phrase - contains a verb (an action word)
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cliche
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an over-used phrase or expression
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context
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the setting (the time and place- social, cultural, historical) in which speech or writing takes place
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dialect
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a form of speech peculiar to a district, class or person
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ellipsis
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the omission of words from a sentence
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