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26 Cards in this Set
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Rhyme |
The ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines in poetry, but may be internal (within a line). |
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Rhythm |
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words – usually close in succession. |
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Assonance |
Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words. |
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Sound clusters |
A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words. |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words sound like the sounds they name. |
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Repetition |
Repeating the same or nearly the same words for effect. |
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Parallel construction |
Using the same word class order twice (in same or two sentences) |
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Triple construction |
Repeating three times a group of words which have the same pattern of word classes. Each group may or may not start with the same word/s. |
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Simile |
An image which compares two things using like or as |
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Metaphor |
An image which compares two things without using like or as |
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Personification |
An image which gives human qualities to non-human things. |
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Choice of words(vocabulary) |
Using more unusual or specialized or technical words |
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Use of slang |
Most likely used in direct speech. |
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Use of direct or indirect speech |
Quoting or reporting spoken words. |
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Use of incorrect grammar |
Generally used in direct speech but may also be used in autobiography for particular effect. |
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Pun |
Word play involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things.Often used in advertising. |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate exaggeration |
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Litotes |
Deliberate understatement |
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Use of multiple adjectives or adverbs |
The adjectives give more information about the noun and the adverbs about the verb. |
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Simple sentences |
These have only one complete verb, though there may be one or more incomplete verbs. |
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Compound sentences |
These have a minimum of two complete verbs and each part of the sentence can stand on its own. |
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Complex sentences |
These have a minimum of two complete verbs; the part of the sentence which has one of those verbs, but cannot stand on its own, is called a subordinate clause. |
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Rhetorical question |
A question that does not expect an answer from the reader or audience |
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Use of command |
This is the verb used alone (without a noun or pronoun). Can be used with adverbs or other word classes. |
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Use of first and second person pronoun |
1st person singular = I, me, my, mine, plural = We, us, our, ours2nd person singular and plural = You, your, yours Mostly used in autobiography1st person narrativedirect speech oral presentations. |
