English: Language Features Flashcards
Simile
A comparison where one thing is compared to another, using the words like or as ….as.
Metaphor
A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another.
Personification
Giving an inanimate object or a non-living thing, human like qualities or characteristics.
Alliteration
The repeat of a first letter word at the begging of the sentence in order to create an effect.
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
Pattern of Three
The rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that a trio of events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers in execution of the story and engaging the reader.
Language for emotive effect.
Emotive Language. Writers use emotive language in order to have a greater emotional impact on their audience.
Rhetorical question.
A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.
Adjective
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of noun.
Verb
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.
Phrase
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.
Clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Simple sentences
a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
Compound sentences
a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
Complex sentences
a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
