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12 Cards in this Set
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Adjectives
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A describing word
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The sunset was very 'beautiful'
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Noun
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The name of a place or thing
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The 'dog' was going crazy.
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Verb
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A doing word
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I 'decided' to go 'walking'
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Adverb
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The way an action is taken out
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The dog ran around 'wildly'
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Simile
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When something is referred to as something else using the words 'like' or 'as'
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The moon was as wonderful as the Cheshire Cats smile.
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Metaphor
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When something is compared to something different without the use of 'like' or 'as'
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Life is a rollarcoaster
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Expletives
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A swear word or blasphomy
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'Damn'
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Short Sentences
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A sentence with only one clause
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The cat was asleep
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Complex sentence
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A sentence with two or more clauses
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The cat, who was black and white, was asleep
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Compound sentence
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A sentence with two clauses joined by a connective
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The cat slept because it was tired
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Imagery
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A descriptive sentence written to make you picture something more vividly
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The sun was shining brightly over the rocky, arctic mountains, slowly sinking causing droplets of water to shiver and fall from deadly icicles
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Personification
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When you describe an inanimate object as if it's alive
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The door seemed to call us in
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