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16 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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Explanation: A comparison where one thing is compared to another , using the words like or as...as Example: Eating ice-cream is like being in heaven. |
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Metaphor
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Explanation: A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another. Example: When I eat ice-cream I am in heaven. |
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Personification
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Explanation: When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive. Example: He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door. |
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Alliteration
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Explanation: The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words to create effect. Example: Great goal girl. |
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Onomatopoeia
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Explanation: A word that imitates a sound. Example: BANG! |
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Pattern of three
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Explanation: Listing three things to create a specific effect. Example: Stop, look, listen. |
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Language for emotive effect
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Explanation: Words and phrases deliberately used to provoke a specific emotional reaction. Example: The defenceless kittens were crammed into the box. |
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Rhetorical question
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Explanation: A question that is asked for effect rather than for an answer. Example: Who wants to look at something like that. |
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Adjective
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Explanation: A word that describes a place, person or thing. Example: A popular film. |
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Verb
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Explanation: A doing or being word that has a tense (present, past or future). Example: I swam across the lake. |
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Phrase
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Explanation: A group of words that can be understood as a unit. Example: Around the race track. |
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Clause
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Explanation: A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb. Example: Because she smiled at him. |
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Simple sentence
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Explanation: The most basic form of a sentence, consisting of a subject and a verb. Example: He ran. |
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Compound sentence
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Explanation: A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Example: My girlfriend was watching television and I went out. |
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Complex sentence
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Explanation: A sentence that has a main clause and one or more subordinate (dependant) clauses. The clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction such as because, since, after, although or when. Example: The student, who had finished her last exam, was out celebrating. |
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Punctuation
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Explanation: Marks used to aid the understanding of a piece of writing. Writers can use punctuation imaginatively to create an effect. |
