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English Definitions June Exam Flashcards

1
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Simile

A

Comparison using as or like

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Metaphor

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Describes something by saying it’s something else

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3
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Personification

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Expresses human qualities to objects

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4
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Powerful verbs

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Verbs that explain something more exciting

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5
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Adverbs

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Describes verbs or adjectives

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6
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Pathetic fallacy

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When you give something from nature human qualities

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7
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Alliteration

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Repetition of the first consonant on a series of words

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Assonance

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Repetition of sounds

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonants

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10
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Plosive sounds📖📝

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Repetitions of vowels

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Sibilance

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Repetition of the letter s

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12
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Repetition

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Repeat the same words

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13
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Anaphora

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The repetition of the first part of a sentence

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14
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Rule of three

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PQE

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15
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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech to express an emotion

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Persuasive

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Convincing weird or sentence

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Image

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Creates using words ‘mental images’

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Climax

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Refers to a figure of speech

19
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Suspense

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The intense feeling

20
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Tension

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The sense of a lot of involvement

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Emphasis

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Describes it with with more importance

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Suggests

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To insinuate

23
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Epitomises

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To be a personification of something

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Implies

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To state indirectly

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Intensifies

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To make intense of something

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Connotations

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It’s the meaning that the word implies

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Evocative

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Bringing strong images

28
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Striking

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Describing impressively something

29
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Vivid

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Full of life

30
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Accentuates

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To draw attention to something

31
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P of PQE

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Point

32
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Q of PQE

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Quote

33
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E of PQE

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Explanation

34
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Stanza

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Verse

35
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Rhyming

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The repetition of the same sound at the end if lines

36
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Poetry

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The art of employing words in a extraordinary way

37
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Quote

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A very important and effective line

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