Language devices

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Synecdoche
One feature that describes the entire thing, E.g. 'Nice wheels'
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Superlative
The most exagerated version of an adjective, E.g. 'Greatest' or 'Worst'
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Frontal adverbial
'fronted' Thing moved to the front of the sentence E.g. 'Before we had breakfast, I had a cup of tea'
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Vocative case
Personal address through punctuation E.g. 'Let's eat grandma!' and 'Let's eat, grandma.'
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Active voice
Active/passive verbs, E.g. 'A bus ran over our cat' and 'our cat got ran over by a bus'
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Card 2

Front

Superlative

Back

The most exagerated version of an adjective, E.g. 'Greatest' or 'Worst'

Card 3

Front

Frontal adverbial

Back

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Card 4

Front

Vocative case

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Active voice

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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