English Flashcards
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Metaphor
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One thing is compared with another
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Simile
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Two works Are compared using like or as
2
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Personification
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Giving a non-human thing a human quality
3
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Alliteration
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Having lots of words with the same consonant sound repeating
E.g. Peter patter picked a pit of pickles
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Assonance
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Having lots of words with the same vowel sound repeated
5
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that sound like what they are
6
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Hyoerbole
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Excessive exaggeration
7
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Noun
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Person, place, thing
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Adjective
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A word that describes a noun
E.g.loud noise
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Concrete noun
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Able to identify using 5 senses
10
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Abstract noun
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No physical existence
11
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Compound noun
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Made up of more than one word
12
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Collective noun
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Refers to a group of individuals
13
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Pronouns
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Stand in the place of another noun
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Interrogative noun
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Takes place of a noun in a question
