The same vowel sound is repeated but consonants are different
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What is a Colloquial?
Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning
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What is a Dissonance?
A discordant combinations of sounds
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What is an Enjambment?
A device used in poetry where a sentence continues beyond the end of the line or verse. This technique is often used to maintain a sense of continuation from one stanza to another.
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What is a Hyperbole?
Exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally
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What is Imagery?
Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'.
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What is Irony?
The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean.
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What is a Metaphor?
A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual', resemblance; he flew into the room.
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What is Onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like the noise it is describing: 'splash', 'bang', 'pop', 'hiss'.
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What is an Oxymoron?
Where two words normally not associated are brought together: 'cold heat' 'bitter sweet'
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What is a Patho?
Language that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow.
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What is a Simile?
A phrase which establishes similarity between two things to emphasise the point being made. This usually involves the words 'like' or 'as'; 'he is as quick as an arrow in flight', 'as white as snow', 'like a burning star'.
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What is a Colloquial?
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Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning
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