Language Features Crossword

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Making an understatement for sarcastic effect
Litotes
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Making something seem less than it really is
Meiosis
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Comparing two things by saying one thing is another
methaphor
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Substituting a word with something that symbolizes it
Metonymy
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Words that suggest whether or not something is a choice or complusory
Modal verbs
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Words that sound like the noises they describe
Onomatopoeia
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Something that is a point of view
Opinion
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Using two words together which don't normally belong
Oxymoron
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A list of clauses or simple sentences with no connectives
Parataxis
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Words used to replace the names of people
Personal pronouns
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Applying human characteristics to a non human object
Personifictaion
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A play on words for comedy effect usually using homonyms
Pun
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When a word, phrase, sentence or idea has been repeated more then once for a particular effect
Repetition
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A question that is not intended to be answered
Rhetorical question
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A group of words linked to one particular topic
Semantic field
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Comparing two things using like or as
Simile
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Facts supported by numbers or percentages
Statistics
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Stating that something is the biggest, smallest, worst or best
Superlatives
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Words which have similar meanings
Synonyms
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Words used to describe nouns
Adjectives
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Words used to describe verbs (how something moves)
Adverbs
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Neighboring words beginning with the same sounds
Alliteration
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A casual or indirect reference to something else
Allusion
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The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning or neighboring sentences or verses
Anaphora
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A short personal story of experience to support a point being made
Anecdote
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A comic play on words where the same word is used more than once in a sentence but with different meanings
Antanaclasis
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The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words
Assonance
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An over used figure of speech that is no longer effective
Cliche
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Informal or slang language
Colloquial langauge
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The repetition of a consonant sounds in neighboring words
Consonance
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The omission of a particular sound or blending of words
Elision
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A quote from a expert or professional that supports the point being made
Expert quote
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Something that can be proven as true and cannot be argued against
Fact
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Exaggeration
Hyperbole
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Orders or commands
Imperatives
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A statement which usually means the opposite to its literal meaing
Irony
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A list of three nouns, adjectives or devices in a row for particular effect
List of three
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Card 2

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Making something seem less than it really is

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Meiosis

Card 3

Front

Comparing two things by saying one thing is another

Back

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Card 4

Front

Substituting a word with something that symbolizes it

Back

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Card 5

Front

Words that suggest whether or not something is a choice or complusory

Back

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