sounds such as Alliteration, onomatopoeia, sibilance
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Pragmatics
contextual information that is made understandable to what the text is trying to explain
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Irony
when a writer says something but means the opposite.
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collocation
Words that are able to associate with one another, e.g merry christmas
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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homophone
words that sound the same
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Enjambment
techniques of making sense of the poem, continue from one line to the other creating a feeling of fluidity
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Ellipsis
an incomplete sentence (....)
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Cliche
words that are overused and have lost their meaning
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assonance
Reputation of Vowels e.g Cat, Had
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Antonym
an opposite meaning to a synonym e.g hot and cold
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Noun
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing. The word thing is used to mean anything that we can think of.
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Pronoun
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. (pronoun means for a noun) eg: I, we, you,he, she, it.
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Adjective
Adjective is a word used with a noun to add something (kind,quality,quantity etc). eg:large,honest,five,lazy,etc.,
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Verb
A verb is a word that tells or asserts something about a person or thing. eg:sing,kick,laugh,break, run etc.,
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Adverb
A adverb is a word which modifies the meaning of a verb,an adjective or another verb. eg:This is a very sweet mango. In this sentence very modifies the verb sweet. very shows how much the mango is sweet. very is an adjective.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
everyday language
Back
Prosaic language/ Demotic
Card 3
Front
sounds such as Alliteration, onomatopoeia, sibilance
Back
Card 4
Front
contextual information that is made understandable to what the text is trying to explain
Back
Card 5
Front
when a writer says something but means the opposite.
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