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alliteration

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repetition of the first letter of the word

cold crisp clean cool

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assonance

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repetition of the same vowel sound in the middle or the end of the word

cool foolish looking room

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dissonance

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discordant combination of sounds

clash spew slow pang

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pathos

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language that evokes pity and sorrow

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apostrophe

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direct term of address + personification

directly addressing a personified object

poor death

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verb

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doing word

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modal verb

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modal / might

expresses possibility

could might

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superlative

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extreme values of quantity

most biggest smallest

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possessive pronoun

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mine me my our his hers

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monosyllabic lexis

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words with one syllable

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imperative

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command

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declarative

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statement

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interrogative

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question

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parenthesis

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sectioning off extra information

(brackets) -dashes-

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pathetic fallacy

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when the environment/weather mirrors emotions

rainy is sad

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lexis/diction

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word choice

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antithesis

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when ideas contrast each other

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archaic language

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language that has dated

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phallic symbol

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crude connotations that represent a symbol

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consonance

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same consonants in words

eg ‘shut’ ‘shoot’

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anaphora

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repetition of the first part of a sentence or order to emphasise different words

originated in biblical psalms

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plosives

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words with harsh ‘b’ ‘d’ sounds

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prosopopoeia

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when an imagined object thing dead person absent person is speaking
eg the haunter

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ameliorate

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to make something bad better

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indomitable

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impossible to subdue or defeat

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register

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style of language

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synecdoche

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a part of something represents a whole

eg ‘hands’ represent a person

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mock heroic

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mocks common stereotypes of heroic literature

29
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dramatic monologue

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an audience is implied, no dialogue, clear character

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