Language And Structure Terminology

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Simile (figurative language)

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When one thing is compared to using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Metaphor (figurative language)

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When something is described by saying that it’s something else

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Personification (figurative language)

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When thing or ideas are given human characteristics

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Sensory language (figurative language)

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Language that connects to the 5 senses

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Symbolism (figurative language)

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Examples of figurative language:

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Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Sensory Language, Symbolism

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Alliteration (language & sounds)

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When the same sound or letter is repeated at the beginning of several words

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Fricatives (language & sounds)

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Repetition of ph and f sounds

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Sibilance (language & sounds)

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repetition of ‘s’ sounds

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Liquid sounds (language & sounds)

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Repetition of l sounds

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Onomatopoeia (language & sounds)

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Word which imitate or suggest the word that they describe e.g.clatted or clashed

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Plosives (language & sounds)

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A sound made by closing the mouth then releasing a short burst of breath e.g. p, b, d, t,

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Oxymoron (language & sounds)

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A combination of contradictory or opposite words e.g bittersweet, open secret, deafening silence

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Juxtaposition (language & sounds)

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Two contrasting objects or ideas placed together or described together so the differences are emphasised.
E.g. the peaceful soldier walked into the valley of death

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Stanza (poetic structure)

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The name for a verse in a poem

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Rhyme (poetic structure)

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Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

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Free Verse (poetic structure)

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Non-rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

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End stopped line (poetic structure)

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A poetic line ending with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a full stop

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Enjambment (poetic structure)

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The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line or stanza

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Iambic pentameter (poetic structure)

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A commonly used type of metrical line in in traditional English poetry and verse drama. It has five stressed / five unstressed feet - ten syllables

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Sonnet (Poetic Form)

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In poetry, a song has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme, and a volta, or a specific turn. A Shakespearean sonnet has three quatrains and a couplet. A Petrarchan sonnet has an octave and a sestet.

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Proper Nouns

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a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with an initial capital letter, e.g. Jane, London, and Oxfam.

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Common Noun

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a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual.e.g. Mother, father

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Abstract Noun

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Abstract nouns are words that name things that are not concrete. Your five physical senses cannot detect an abstract noun – you can’t see it, smell it, taste it, hear it, or touch it e.g. time

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Adverbs

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Describes another adverb, verb or word group

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Verbs

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Action words

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Pronouns

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a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you )

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Adjective

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a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.