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Noun

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A person , place, thing, idea

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Verb

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An action or state

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Modal Verb

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Express necessity or possibility like should, can, could, might, will

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Imperative

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Gives an order or command

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Adverb

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Modifies a verb , adjective, adverb or phrase

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Adjective

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Describes a noun

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Superlative

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An adjective showing the highest quality of degree

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Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Alliteration

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The same letter or sound at the start of adjacent words

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison of two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Simile

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Comparing two thing using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Personification

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the giving of human characteristics to a non-human object

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Semantic field

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The use of a group of words that all link to the same topic

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration that should not be taken literally

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Imagery

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Vivid description of a particular scene

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Auditory imagery

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Vivid description of sounds

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Tactile Imagery

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Vivid description of Physical sensation

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Olfactory imagery

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Vivid description of smell

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Gustatory imagery

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Vivid description of Taste/flavor

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Kinesthetic Imagery

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Vivid description of Movement or body position

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Pronoun

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Used in place of a noun

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Onomatopoeia

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the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as “buzz” or “hiss”)

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Assonance.

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the effect created when two syllables in words that are close together have the same vowel sound, but different consonants, or the same consonants but different vowels, for example, sonnet and porridge or cold and killed.

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Consonance

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the recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity.

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Verbal Irony

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Sarcasm, when a person says one thing but means the opposite.

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Dramatic Irony

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The audience knows something the character does not know.

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Situational Irony

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The opposite to what was expected.