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