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Adjective
A word which describes something
Adverb
Describes a verb
Verb
What things do
Alliteration
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning
Anecdote
A personal story to illustrate a point
Antithetical language
The language of opposites
Colloquialism
Informal language
Ellipsis
…
Emotive language
Word/phrases which create emotion
Exclamatory tone/language
!
Foreshadowing
infomation in the narrative which prepares for or preempts what is to come
Graphic language/description
Very clear description
Hyperbole
exaggeration
Imperative language
A command
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Metaphor
a figure of speech that describes something by saying it's something else
monosyllabic
One syllable
Onomatopoeia
Imitation of sound
Oxymoron
Apparently contradictory words
Pathos
The quality of evoking pity or sorrow
Plosives
The repetition of ‘p’ or ‘b’ sound
Repetition
A repeated word or phrase
Rhetorical question
A question
Sensory language
Any language which appeals to the senses
sibilance
Repetition of an ‘s’ sound
Simile
comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
superlative
Adjective ending in ‘st’
Triplet
Repetition of 3 nouns, adjective, phrases, sentences ect
Hypophora
answering your own question
modality
The certainty which a speaker employs in their speech
zoomorphism
characterizes people, objects, places, and ideas with animal attributes
idiom
a form of expression natural to a language
assonance
repeated vowel sounds in nearby words
parenthesis
- sjdanf -
comparatives
bigger, stronger ect
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