Word Classes Flashcards
1
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Adjective
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A word that describes a noun
2
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Adverb
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A word that describes a verb
3
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Superlative adjective
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These adjectives describe the most or least of something
4
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Simile
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A word that describes a thing like another thing
5
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Personification
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It is a type of metaphor that specifically describes a non-human object as something human
6
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Comparative adjective
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An adjective that describes how much something is like something else
7
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Oxymoron
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When two contrasting words are placed next to each other.
8
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Pathetic fallacy
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When the atmosphere is described by the weather
9
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Descriptive verb
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A verb that adds extra description too another word
10
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Metaphor
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A metaphor is when an object or human is described as something else
