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12 Cards in this Set
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Simile |
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" e.g. As round as a ball |
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Metaphor |
A comparison of two unlike things where one is said to be the other e.g. She could not digest the news when she heard it |
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Assonance |
The repetition of vowel sounds which sound the same e.g. The leech creeps up the beach |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of consonant sounds at the start of a word e.g. The sloth slid and slipped as it climbed the tree |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words which sound like the noise they describe e.g. Whisper, click,rattle.bang!, pop! |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration!!! E.g. I've had thousands of biscuits today |
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Pun |
A play on words e.g. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends |
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Personification |
Giving a non-living object living or human qualities e.g. The gate yawned wide as I opened it |
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Euphemism |
A kind was of saying something e.g. She has a blemish on her nose (rather than she's got a pimple on her nose) |
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Imperative |
A command e.g. Stop! |
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Irony |
A figure of speech in which what is said is opposite to what is meant |
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Cliché |
A saying which has been used so often it has become common-place e.g. "She's as good as gold" |
