Language devices Flashcards

(5 cards)

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P1: techniques

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Simile
Pathetic fallacy

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P2: techniques

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Sibilance
Metaphor: compare two nouns without like or as

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P3: techniques

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Personification
Imperatives: give a command

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P4: techniques

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Rhetorical question
Onomatopoeia: do sounds (creek, crack, crunch)

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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)

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