Language Features Flashcards
Simile
A comparison where one thing is compared to another,using the words like or as… as
Metaphor
A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another.
Personification
When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn’t human or, in some cases, to something that isn’t even alive.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words to create an effect.
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates a sound
Pattern of three
Listing three things to create a specific effect
Language for emotive effect
Words or phrases deliberately used to provoke a specific emotional reaction
Rhetorical Question
A question that is asked for effect rather than for a answer.
Adjective
A word that describes, person or thing
Verb
A doing or being word that has a tense (present, past or future)
Phrase
A group of words that can be understood as a unit
Clause
A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb
Simple sentence (single-clause sentence)
The most basic form of sentence, consisting of a subject and a verb
Compound sentence( a type of multi-clause sentence)
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction, such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Complex sentence (a type of multi-clause sentence)
A sentence that has a main clause and one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses. The clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction such as because, since, after, although, or when (and many others) or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which
