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1
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Simile

A

Comparing two things using like or as

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Metaphor

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Describing something as it were something else

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3
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Alliteration

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When two or more words start with the same letter

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4
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Semantic field

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Two or more words that belong to the same categories

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5
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Oxymoron

A

When two opposite things are shown
with one adjective and one noun
(ugly princess)

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6
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Personification

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When an object is given human like qualities

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7
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Pathetic fallacy

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Weather reflecting to the atmosphere of the mood

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8
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Onomatopoeia

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Words like “bam”

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9
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Hyperbole

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Over exaggeration

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10
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Imagery

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Auditory imagery - hear
Olfactory - smell
Tactile - touch

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11
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Sibilance

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When two or more words start with s

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12
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Circular structure

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When a text starts and ends in the same way

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13
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Shift in time

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flashback/flashforward

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14
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Anedode

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Small personal story

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15
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Whats the method for structure or sentence form ?

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Declarative sentence

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16
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Imperative sentence

A

starting with tell me

17
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Colloquial languange

A

gonna / slagish

18
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Personal pronoun

A

our

19
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Symbolism

A

when objects represents meaning

20
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Irony

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Is when events in the text surprises the characters. Something not expected!

21
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Assonance

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Is the repetition of the vowel sound.

22
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Emotive language

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Is when the writer makes the reader feel emotional.

23
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Plosive

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Reptation of harsh sound
Words such as ‘P’ ‘D’ ‘B’

24
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Juxtaposition

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Explaining a oxymoron

25
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When to use semicolon (;)

A

Replace the word “and”

26
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When to use colon (:)

A

Replace with the word because or to list