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Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the start of a word. eg:The parched pavement peeled in the hot summer sun.
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Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound. It is different from rhyme as it does not need to be at the end of each line of poetry. eg:How now brown cow.
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Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. It is common with animal sounds but has expanded to include sounds made by other sources.
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Emotive Language
Emotive language is language (in particular adjectives or adverbs) that relate to or refer to emotions. eg:Drink Coca-Cola, you'll like it.:
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Colloquial Language
Colloquial language is language that is informal. This can include words as well as phrases. You might use colloquial language when messaging your friends but not in a formal situation such as writing a letter to a business:
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Slang
Slang includes informal (or casual) words that are made up and used by cultural groups
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Jargon
Jargon is particular words that are used and understood only by people who are experts or specifically involved in different groups.
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Neologism
Neologisms are new words, invented by social or cultural groups. 'The Simpsons' provides many examples. eg:Bartesque to be like Bart
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Cliche
A cliché can be a recognisable word, phrase or a concept that has been used so often that it has lost its impact.
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Rhetorical Question
questions where the reader is not expected to answer. They are usually questions that make a responder think about a point, or a question that is so obvious that the composer has asked it to make a point.
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Metaphor
Metaphors are like similes in that two subjects that are not usually linked are linked. Metaphors are different in that, rather than a simple comparison, a metaphor states that the two subjects are the same or equal. The effect of this is to give one
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Idiom
Idioms are figurative phrases that are commonly used. Unlike similes and metaphors, there are no rules that define them, other than being figurative. You use idioms all the time without even noticing them
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Personification
Personification is a figure of speech where a composer has given human qualities to an object or animal.
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Assonance

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Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound. It is different from rhyme as it does not need to be at the end of each line of poetry. eg:How now brown cow.

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Onomatopoeia

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Emotive Language

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Colloquial Language

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