Language Features Flashcards
Simile
A comparison where one thing is compared to another, using the words like or as.
Metaphor
A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another.
Personification
When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn’t human or, in some cases, to create an effect
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates a sound
Pattern of three
Listing three things to create a specific emotional reaction.
Rhetorical question
A question that is asked for effect rather than for an answer
Alliteration
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the words to create and effect
Adjective
A word that describes a place or thing
Verb
A doing or being word that has a tense
Phrase
a group of words that can be understood as a unit
Clause
A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb
Simple sentence
The most basic form of sentence, consisting of a subject and a verb
Compound sentence
A sentence the contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as for, and, but ,or, yet, so
Complex sentence
A sentence that has a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. The clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction such as because, since, after although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which
Punctuation
Marks used to aid the understanding of a piece of writing. Writers can use punctuation imaginatively to create an effect.
