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Personification

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Give an inanimate object object a human feeling or characteristic
Eg: The tree danced happily in the breeze

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Alliteration

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When two or more words start with the same word or sound

Eg: green grass

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Onomatopoeia

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This is when a word represents an action

Eg: Bang,crash

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Simile

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When one thing is compared to a different type of word

Eg: His teeth where as white as snow

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Metaphor

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This is when a word or phrase is applied to an object which is not literally applicable
Eg: The curtain of night fell upon

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Sibilance

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When an ‘s’ or a ‘sh’ sound is made

Eg: Sadly Sam sold seven serpents

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Rhetorical question

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A question that is not meant to be answered and gives effect

Eg: How could I do this

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Colloquial language

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When a conversation is not informal and slang terms are used

Eg: Put your money where your mouth is

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated phrases not meant to be taken seriously

Eg: This bag weighs a ton

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Imagery

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Visually describing a place

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Noun

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A place, person, object, feeling

Eg: The man walked across the road

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Verb

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A word used to state an action

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Adverb

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A word that describes a verb

Eg: The man ran fastly

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Repetition

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When a word or phrase is repeated

Eg: come here, come here, come here

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Oxymoron

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When two words are used that contradict each other

Eg: deafening silence

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Pronoun

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This refers to someone

Eg: He, she, it

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Abstract noun

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Something you can’t see or touch

Eg: love is in the air

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Proper noun

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A name used for a place, person or organisation

Eg: Joe, London, CAFOD

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Collective noun

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A word used to group a collective of people animals or things
Eg: A litter of puppies , a troop of monkeys

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Assonance

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Resemblance of sound between syllables of words that are close
Eg: Rise high in the bright sky

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Dialect

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A different form of language that might be strange to a specific region
Eg: A Northern American might say ‘hello’ A southern American might say ‘howdy’

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Dialogue

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A conversation between two or more people

Eg: Jake said ‘can you help me’ Jane said ‘no’

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Dissonance

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This is the use of harsh sounding words in poetry

Eg: screech, the alarm went off

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Enjambment

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The meaning runs over from one poetic line to another
Eg: The man was standing there
Not giving a care

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Irony

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Using language that signifies the opposite for humans for emphatic effect
Eg: Don’t go overboard with the gratitude

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Monologue

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A speech presented by a single character to express their meantal thoughts aloud
Eg: ‘I love Alice’

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Pathos

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A way of convincing an audience of an argument by an emotional response
Eg: please can I have this game I’ve had a really hard week

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Rhyme

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Corresponding words or the ending of words

Eg: balloon moon

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Rhythm

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The beat or pace of the poem

Eg: I will find the keys for you, and you must find a place to park the car

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Caesura

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The natural ending to poetic phrase, especially when it ends in the middle of a line
Eg: the headphone explodes || breaking the mold

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Symbolism

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Using an object or word that is used to represent an abstract idea. An action, place, word or object can be symbolism
Eg: In animal farm Napoleon represents Stalin

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Semantic field

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Words that are all related to one another

Eg: The semantic field of Violence is punch, kick, fight

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Preposition

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A word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective
Eg: he sat on the chair

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Article

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A word used to modify a noun

Eg: A boy ate an apple

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Declarative

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A scentence in the form of a statement

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Exclamatory

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An exclamatory sentnce expresses strong emotion, and it ends with an exclamation mark

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Interrogative

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An interrogative sentence is usually in the form of a question

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Imperative

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An imperative sentence usually contains a command

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