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20 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison – where one thing is directly compared to another without it being stated that a comparison is being made
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the sound (not necessarily the letters), usually at the beginning of words.
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Sibilance
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Repetition of the S/sh sounds. (basically alliteration of the letter ‘s’)
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Repetition
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Repetition of a word or phrase. This does not need to be identical; it could be that the sentence structure is repeated or that a word/phrase is repeated further on in the text. It needs to be deliberate, to create a particular effect
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Triplet
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When a word is repeated 3 times or a set of words that are grouped together are written in a series of 3.
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List
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A series of (more than three) words, usually separated by commas within a sentence.
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that sounds like what it is.
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Sensory description
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When writing appeals to any of the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste and smell). Usually description tells us what something looks like (sight). This is still sensory writing, but the term sensory description/writing is usually applied when writing appeals to one of the other senses.
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Emotive language
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Words that create a particular emotion. A simple definition would be to say that words are emotive if they are strong or powerful and make you feel something.
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Personification
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When you give an inanimate object (something lifeless) a human characteristic (or a personality).
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Animalistic description
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Where a human is described using a set of characteristics that would usually be associated with an animal.
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Anthropomorphism
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Where an animal is given a set of human characteristics.
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Colloquial language
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Informal or chatty language that you would not expect to see used in a formal, academic environment.
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Rhetorical questions
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A question that is asked that does not require a response.
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Oxymoron
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The pairing of two contradictory words.
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Contrast
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When two opposite ideas are included in a text.
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Hyperbole
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Deliberate exaggeration
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Symbolism
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When one idea is used to represent more than the idea suggested. For example, the thing is a symbol for something else. This should be a symbol that can be recognised by all who read it, not simply within this particular text.
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Pathetic fallacy
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Where the weather is used to set the tone in a text.
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