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sibilance
repetition of s sounds
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assonance
repetition of vowel sounds, sky, high,die
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passive voice
agent comes after verb, the ball was kicked by the man
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active voice
agent precedes verb, the man kicked the ball
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anaphoric reference
reference back to something previously stated "bob is 17 and HE plays badminton"
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cataphoric reference
reference forward, informal, "hes a badminton player"
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exophoric reference
"that man there" linguistic context is assumed
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minor sentence
sentence that likes a subject and verb
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deontic modal auxiliary verb
must, should, will - generally suggesting obligation
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epistemic modal auxiliary verb
may, can, might - suggesting possibility
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primary auxiliary verb
be, have, do
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cohesion
internal links in text - paragraphing, consistent use of semantic field
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ellipsis
beginning or word missed "you ok"
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declarative
statement
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imperative
command
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interrogative
question
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exclamatory
exclamation
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superlative
fattest, most dynamic
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comparative
fatter than me, more dynamic than me
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metonyms
referring to something by one of its elements - wrinklies (old people)
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dysphemism
expressing something in an unpleasant way "kicking the bucket"
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diminutive
shortening someones name
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discourse structure
the way information is organised in a text - chronological, question/answer
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antonyms
words with opposite meanings - happy/sad
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contraction
won't, can't
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Card 2

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assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds, sky, high,die

Card 3

Front

passive voice

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Card 4

Front

active voice

Back

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Card 5

Front

anaphoric reference

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