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Adjective

A word which describes something

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Adverb

Describes a verb

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Verb

What things do

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Alliteration

The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

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Anecdote

A personal story to illustrate a point

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Colloquialism

Informal language

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Ellipsis

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Emotive language

Word/phrases which create emotion

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Exclamatory tone/language

!

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Foreshadowing

infomation in the narrative which prepares for or preempts what is to come

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Graphic language/description

Very clear description

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Hyperbole

exaggeration

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Imperative language

A command

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Juxtaposition

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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Metaphor

a figure of speech that describes something by saying it's something else

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Onomatopoeia

Imitation of sound

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Oxymoron

Apparently contradictory words

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Repetition

A repeated word or phrase

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Rhetorical question

A question

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Sensory language

Any language which appeals to the senses

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Simile

comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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modality

The certainty which a speaker employs in their speech

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idiom

a form of expression natural to a language

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assonance

repeated vowel sounds in nearby words

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