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What is a metaphor

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A metaphor is describing something that it is not

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Simile

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A simile is a word using like or as before it e.g the boy swam like a fish

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Onomatopoeia

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Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the sound of the word

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Alliteration

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Alliteration is when words start with the same sound

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Personification

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Personification is when you describe something with human features but does not actually have those features

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Rhyming couplets

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Rhyming couplets are two lines that rhyme

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Verses

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Verses are when you leave gaps between a paragraph

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Nouns

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Nouns are a person place or thing

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Adjectives

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Adjectives are describing words

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Verbs

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Verbs are doing words

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Adverbs

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Adverbs are things that tell us more about a verb

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Pronouns

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Pronouns are words to swap with things that are being repeated

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Suffixes

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Suffixes are a group of letters that are on the end of a word

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Prefixes

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Prefixes are a group of letters that are on the start of a word

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Speech marks

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Speech marks show when someone is talking

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Exclamation mark

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Exclamation mark show when someone is shouting

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Question mark

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Question marks show when someone is asking a question

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Apostrophes

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Apostrophes are used to replace a letter such as do not changes to don’t

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Comma

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Comma is used to show extra information or when a list

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Semi colons

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Semi colons are used to join closely connected ideas in a sentence

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Colons

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Colons are used to introduce an explanation

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Dashes

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Dashes are used to replace a semi colon or a colon when your writing something chatty and informal or if you want to show a movement of surprise or drama

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Ellipse

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Are used for pauses

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