E Flashcards
Using like or as…as in as sentence
Eating ice-cream is like being in heaven
Simile
A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another
When i eat ice cream i am in heaven
Metaphor
Giving something that isn’t alive a human feature
He did not realise that his last chance was walking out the door
Personification
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words to create an effect
Great goal
Allitreation
A word that imitates a sound
Bang
Onomatopoeia
Listing three things to create a specific effect
Stop,look and listen
Pattern of three
Words and phrases deliberately used to provoke a specific emotional reaction
The defenceless kittens were crammed into the box
Language for emotive effect
A question that is asked for effect rather than for an answer
Who want to look at something like that
Rhetorical question
A word that describes a place person or thing
A popular film
Adjective
A doing or being word that has a tense
I swam across the lake
Verb
A group of words that can be understood as a unit
Around the race track
Phrase
A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb
Because she smiled at him
Clause
The most basic from of sentence consisting of a subject and a verb
He run
Simple sentence
