English language revision cards 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishWriting to explainGCSEAQA Created by: abbiewest34Created on: 08-01-16 19:20 What is an alliteration? The same letter at the beginning of a two or more of words close together. Usually used to stress something. 1 of 6 What is an assonance? The repetition of two or more vowel sounds or of two or more consonant sounds, close together. Usually in a poem. 2 of 6 What is a Cliche? A phrase used so much it becomes meaningless. 3 of 6 What does colloquial mean? Informal language/slang words. 4 of 6 What is emotive language? Words that have strong emotional intensity. 5 of 6 What is emjambment? When the sense of a poem runs over the line breaks. Example from "The man he killed": We should have set us down to wet/ 6 of 6
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