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Assonance
The use of same vowel sounds in words close together.
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Colloquialism
Informal use of language.
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Analogy
To suggest similar qualities between two things, e.g. 'pump' and 'heart'.
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Determiner
Position in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify.
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Preposition
Shows relation in terms of time or place.
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Proper noun
Refers to names of people or places.
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Abstract noun
Refers to states, feelings and concept of no physical existence.
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Concrete noun
Refers to objects of physical existence.
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Possessive pronoun
Shows ownership.
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Reflexive pronoun
'Myself' 'Himself'
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Demonstrative
'this' 'these' 'those'
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Relative pronoun
'who' 'which' as what the pronoun owns or is owned by.
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Lexcial connector
Adds cohesion to a body of text e.g. 'and'
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Cohesion
Measures how well a text fits together as a whole, its internal logic and constructions.
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Synonymy
Words that are of a similar sematic value.
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Antonymy
Words that are of opposite meaning.
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Card 2

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Informal use of language.

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Colloquialism

Card 3

Front

To suggest similar qualities between two things, e.g. 'pump' and 'heart'.

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Card 4

Front

Position in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify.

Back

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Card 5

Front

Shows relation in terms of time or place.

Back

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