Figures of speech Flashcards
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Idiom Need to know - With All ones heart - To wear ones heart on ones sleeve - To lose ones heart - Heart and Soul - Dear to ones heart - Your heart sank into your boots
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Expression. - It is raining cats and dogs (It is raining very hard). Need to know - Completely - To show ones feelings - To fall in love - Great energy - To ones liking - Become afraid
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Simile
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LIKE or AS is used to compare 2 things.
- Your head looks like a pumpkin.
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Metaphor
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Comparing 2 things without using LIKE or AS.
- Her checks are sun-blushed apples.
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Alliteration
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The start of a word is the same letter multiple times.
- SHe Sells Sea SHells at the Sea SHore.
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Personification
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Non-living thing is given human qualities.
- The stars winked at me.
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Onomatopoeia
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A word that is used that mimics the sound that it stands for.
- poof, sizzle, pow, pop, bang
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SYMBOLISM
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When something has a literal meaning, but also represents something else
COLOUR = red = anger white = purity purple = desire green = illness orange = sadness? black = evil blue = calm
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ASSONANCE
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Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a series of words or phrases
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
