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Flashcards by Connie Theobald, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Connie Theobald
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Alliteration | The first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow; the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice. |
| Assonance | The same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different; he passed her a sharp, dark glance, shot a cool, foolish look across the room. |
| Colloquial | Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning; 'chill', 'out of this world', 'take a rain check' |
| Dialect | The version of language spoken by particular people in a particular area, such as Scots. |
| Dialogue | Conversation between two people; sometimes an imagined conversation between the narrator and the reader. |
| Dissonance | A discordant combinations of sounds; the clash, spew and slow pang of grinding waves against the quay. |
| Enjambment | When sentences continue onto the next line or stanza |
| Hyperbole | Over the top exaggeration |
| Imagery | Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'. |
| Irony | The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean. |
| Metaphore | A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual', resemblance; he flew into the room. |
| Monologue | A conversation between an individual |
| Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the noise it is describing. |
| Oxymoron | Where two words normally not associated are brought together: 'cold heat' 'bitter sweet'. |
| Pathos | language that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow. |
| Personification | Attributing a human quality to a thing or idea. |
| Repetition | The repetition of a word or phrase to achieve a particular effect |
| Simile | A phrase which establishes similarity between two things to emphasise the point being made. |
| Caesura | When there is a punctuation mark in the middle of a line. |
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