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A short spitting sound
Plosive
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The picture/atmosphere created for the reader through language
Imagery
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Informal, conversational expressions
Colloquialism
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Exaggeration
Hyperbole
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An action/state
Verb
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An order/command
Imperative
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Using nature/weather to represent the mood/atmosphere of writing
Pathetic fallacy
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The same sound repeated at the beginning of words near each other in a sentence
Alliteration
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An association with a particular idea/object
Connotation
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The pronunciation of a word represents the associated sound
Onomatopoeia
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Saying something is something else, not literal
Metaphor
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A verb which describes possibility, obligation or necessity
Modal verb
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A word which describes a noun
Adjective
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A statement
Declarative sentence
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A word used to avoid repeating the name of a person or object
Pronoun
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Comparing something to something else using 'like/as'
Simile
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An idea/concept - something which can't be touched
Abstract noun
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Giving an object a human quality
Personification
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A question
Interrogative sentence
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Repetition of s/sh sounds in words near each other in a sentence
Sibilance
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A word which describes how an action is done
Adverb
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An object which can be touched
Concrete noun
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A statement expressed with intense emotion, ending with an exclamation mark
Exclamatory sentence
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The picture/atmosphere created for the reader through language

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Imagery

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Informal, conversational expressions

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Exaggeration

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An action/state

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