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Flashcards by Kate Harries, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kate Harries
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| a pun | The use of words to exploit double meanings for humourous effects |
| alliteration | Use of the same sound at the start of words occurring together |
| personification | Giving human characteristics to something |
| a theme | Recurring idea |
| tone | An indicator of attitude, emotion or thoughts |
| dramatic irony | In drama, the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of |
| assonance | The rhyming of vowel sounds |
| oxymoron | Figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory ideas |
| a cliché | Expression or idea that is no longer effective because of overuse |
| colloquial | A manner of speaking that is informal and uses phrases or words associated with a particular area |
| hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration for effect |
| imagery | Descriptive language that evokes sensory experience |
| irony | When a statement is apparently straight forward but there are undercurrents that offer a different significance |
| a paradox | Person or thing made up of contradictory elements |
| a metaphor | A figure of speech in which a term is applied to something it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance |
| pathetic fallacy | When the weather or natural world reflect the mood of the writing |
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