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Functional Skills English IHADAFOREST Flash Cards
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- 1ImperativeExpressing a command or view in a forceful or confident way - 'Adopt a guide dog today'
- 2HyperboleExaggerated statements not to be taken literally - "I've told you a million times!"
- 3AnecdoteA short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person - 'I'll never forget partying in the streets the day Leicester won the league'
- 4Direct AddressThe writer addresses the reader directly using terms such as 'you' - 'You won't believe your eyes!'
- 5AlliterationThe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words - 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'
- 6FactA thing that is known or proved to be true - 'The three primary colours are red, blue and yellow'
- 7Opinion1.
a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge - 'Strawberry is the best flavour' - 8Rhetorical QuestionA question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to persuade, rather than to get an answer - 'How could I be so stupid?"
- 9Emotive LanguageWords used to cause different emotional reactions in the audience - 'These poor, defenceless children need our help'
- 10StatisticsCollecting and analysing numerical data - '99% of dentists recommend using it'
- 11Three (Rule of)Things that come in threes are more persuasive and easier to remember - 'Snap, Crackle and Pop!'
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