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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Simile
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A comparison of two things, using the word 'like' or 'as'.
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Alliteration
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Words which start with the same letter, being placed next to each other.
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Personification
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A description which makes an object sound like a person.
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Onomatopoeia
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Words which actually make the sound of the thing they are trying to describe.
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Hyperbole
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Deliberate exaggeration.
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Pathetic fallacy
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Use of the weather to reflect the mood of the story.
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Inverted commas
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Punctuation marks which show that the writer is being ironic/ sarcastic.
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Minor sentence
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A sentence which has no verb.
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Colon
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A punctuation mark which introduces a list or an explanation.
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Inverted word order
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The subject of the sentence doesn't come at the start as it usually does.
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Semi-colon
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A punctuation mark that links two closely related ideas OR separates items in a list.
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Parenthesis
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Using brackets or two dashes to add in extra information.
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Climax-sentence
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A sentence which has a few ideas, with the most important coming last.
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Climax-story
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The big finale of a story- the point which has been built up o all through.
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Turning point
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One clear point in a story where everything changes.
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Soliloquy
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A dramatic speech only for the audience, as we hear the character's thoughts.
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Paradox
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Something which seems to be a contradiction but actually does contain truth.
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Euphemism
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A polite way of phrasing something unpleasant.
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Catalyst
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A character in a play or novel who causes many things to change.
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Irony
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Sarcasm OR a type of twist of fate.
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Oxymoron
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Two words with opposite or contradictory meanings placed together for effect.
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Metaphor
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A description of something that makes it sound like something else.
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