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1
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Compares two unlike things using like or as

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Similie

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2
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Metaphor

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Compares to unlike things and states one is the other

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3
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To exaggerate

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Hyperbole

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4
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Noun

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A naming word

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5
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What does a noun name

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A person, place ,animal,state or thing

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6
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Proper noun

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Special place person or thing

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7
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Ordinary things

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Common noun

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8
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Concrete

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Name of something you can feel see or touch

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9
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A group

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Collective noun

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10
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Abstract noun

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A feeling/idea/quality which u can’t see feel or touch

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11
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Adjective

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Describes a noun
Somethings known as a describing word

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12
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Describes a verb

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Adverb

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13
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What is commonly added to a verb to make it an adverb

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L’y or if the word ends in y ily

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14
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What must all sentences have

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Begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

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15
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Two or more words with the same pronunciation but different spelling

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Homophones

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16
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Give an example of a homophone

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Your and you’re
There their they’re
Are and our

17
Q

Which is right
a)I went to there house for dinner
b)I went to their house
c) I went to they’re house

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B

18
Q

What apostrophes for

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To contract a word /shorten it

19
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What can apostrophes show

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Ownership

20
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What do you do if the word ends in s

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You just add an apostrophe

21
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Often introduces an explanation, can come before a list,question or answer

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Colon

22
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Semi-colons

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Helps to join closely connected sentences in and idea

23
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Dashes

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Creates pause.replaces semicolons in informal writing, can be used to add dram and surprise

24
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Our

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Belong to us

25
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Are

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Part of the verb to be

26
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Whose

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Belonging to them

27
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Who’s

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Who is

28
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Where

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What place

29
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Wear

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To have something on one’s body for clothing ,decoration or protection

30
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What is ware

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Your goods

31
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When using speech marks what should you always include

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A form of punctuation after the text
Make sure u do it inside the speech marks

32
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What is alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

33
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What is assonance

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Repeated vowel sounds in words that our closely connected

34
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What is personification

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Giving something non human the characteristics of a human

35
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What is foreshadowing

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A narrative way in which shuttle suggetions and hints are givin about something

36
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What is a verb

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a doing word

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