Language devices Flashcards
(5 cards)
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P1: techniques
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Simile
Pathetic fallacy
2
Q
P2: techniques
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Sibilance
Metaphor: compare two nouns without like or as
3
Q
P3: techniques
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Personification
Imperatives: give a command
4
Q
P4: techniques
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Rhetorical question
Onomatopoeia: do sounds (creek, crack, crunch)
5
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P5: techniques
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Oxymoron: two opposite words (adjective +noun) slow cheetah, big mouse
Juxtaposition: explain the oxymoron
The old cat (explain how it’s old)