Language features

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Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things
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Metaphor
Suggests a mood or feeling
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Simile
Uses 'as' or 'like'
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Alliteration
Repetition of letter sound - Double Delight
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Onomatopoeia
Sounds like what it describes - BOOM!
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Juxtaposition
Comparison used for effect - The old man walked in the freshness of spring
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Rule of three
Set of three words or ideas
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Repetition
Used to emphasise
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Emotive Language
Used to evoke feelings/interest
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Irony
Saying one thing when opposite is meant
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Imagery
Used to create picture in readers mind
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Idiom
Words do not contain literal meaning - 'cat got your tongue'
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Tone (Mood)
Express as an Adjective - persuasive, critical
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Short sentences
Used to make a point
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Colloquialism
A word, phrase or other form used in informal language
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Card 2

Front

Suggests a mood or feeling

Back

Metaphor

Card 3

Front

Uses 'as' or 'like'

Back

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Card 4

Front

Repetition of letter sound - Double Delight

Back

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Card 5

Front

Sounds like what it describes - BOOM!

Back

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