A game of polo with a headless goat Flashcards

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Metaphor

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‘suddenly fired up’
- excited about the race
‘Formula One without rules’

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Hyperbole

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‘we waited for eternity’
- excited to get there

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sensory imagery

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‘cloud of fumes and dust’

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onomatopoeia

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‘roaring’
- aural imagery of how loud the vehicles are

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alliteration

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‘dive into the ditch’

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‘I was beginning to lose faith’

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  • direct speech
  • showing the reader her personal concern
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