English Definitions Flashcards

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Metaphor

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Expresses something as something else that is exaggerated(My brother was boiling mad).

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Imagery

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Is about making a picture

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Personification

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Gives and object human abilities (The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky).

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Alliteration

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When sounds are repeated(But a better butter makes a batter better).

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Onomatopoeia

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Sounds like what it is talking about

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Repetition

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When you repeat a phrase or a word

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Sibilance

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Repetition with s

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Plosives

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Repetition with p and b

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Adverbs

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Describe a verb

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Powerful verb

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A powerful doing word

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Suspense

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The use of small sentences (simple) to creat effect

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P of PQE

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Point

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Q of PQE

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Quote

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E of PQE

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Explanation

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Persuasive

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A convincing word or piece of writing

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Simile

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A phrase that describes something like something else

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Sibilans

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The erosion using ā€˜sā€™

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Kind of personification that gives human emotions to inanimate objects of nature for example weather(I wandered lonely as a cloud).

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Hyperbole

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It is not like simile or metaphor but it has a humorous effect created by an exaggeration(My grandmother is as old as the hills).

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Plosive sounds.

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Repetition of vowels.

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the first part of a sentence.

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Stanza

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Verse.