The first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice.
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Assonance
the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room.
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Dissonance
a discordant combinations of sounds; the clash, spew and slow pang of grinding waves against the quay.
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Enjabment
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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Hyperbole
exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally; we gorged on the banquet of beans on toast.
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Imagery
similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'.
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Irony
the humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean.
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Metaphor
a word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual', resemblance; he flew into the room.
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Onomatopoeia
a word that sounds like the noise it is describing: 'splash', 'bang', 'pop', 'hiss'.
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Oxymoron
Where two words normally not associated are brought together: 'cold heat' 'bitter sweet'.
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Personification
attributing a human quality to a thing or idea
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Reptition
the repetition of a word or phrase to achieve a particular effect.
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Rhyme
he way that words sound the same at the end of lines in poetry. Poems often have a fixed rhyme-scheme (for example, sonnets have 14 lines with fixed rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
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Rythm
a repetitive beat or metre within a poem.
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Similie
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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Symbolism
often objects, colours, sounds and places work as symbols. They can sometimes give us a good insight into the themes. Like Piggy in The Lord Of The Flies being a Symbol for Civilisation.
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Tone
the writer's tone or voice or atmosphere or feeling that pervades the text, such as sadness, gloom, celebration, joy, anxiety, dissatisfaction, regret or anger.
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Card 2
Front
the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room.
Back
Assonance
Card 3
Front
a discordant combinations of sounds; the clash, spew and slow pang of grinding waves against the quay.
Back
Card 4
Front
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.
Back
Card 5
Front
exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally; we gorged on the banquet of beans on toast.
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