Language terminology

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Noun
Names things or people
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Pronoun
Used insted of a noun to avoid repetition.
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Verb
Action or doing word
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Adverb
Alters the meaning of the verb slightley
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Adjective
Describes things or people
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Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
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Metaphore
A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated
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Personification
the representation of a thing in the form of a person
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Alliteration
repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the words in a sentence
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Preposition
A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else.
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Conjunction
Joins words or sentences togeather.
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Used insted of a noun to avoid repetition.

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Pronoun

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Action or doing word

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Card 4

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Alters the meaning of the verb slightley

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Card 5

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Describes things or people

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