Flashcards
EnglisH
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1PERSONIFICATIONWhere objects are talked or written about as if they were a person
- 2PURPOSEA writer's purpose is their primary intention:
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
Reflect - 3REPITITIONIs the repeating of the word, phrase or sound
- 4PUNA pun is a play-on word that usually has a humorous effect
- 5METAPHORIs a type of word picture in which you are replaced with the thing you are being described with another image
- 6ONOMATOPOEIAIs used to refer to the use of words that echo the sound they are describing
- 7LEADThe first paragraph of a news story it includes the five W's, who, what, when, where and why
- 8NARRATORIs the person who is telling the story-either in speech or in writing
- 9RHETORICAL QUESTIONIs the question asked for effect or to make a statement. IT IS A QUESTION NOT TO BE ANSWERED!
- 10SIMILIEIs a writing device where something is being compared to something else using "like" or "as"
- 11ASSONANCEIs where the writer repeats the same vowel sound to give it an effect
- 12ALLITERATIONIs where the writer repeats the first letter of the word
- 13IMAGERYIs the mental picture that writers create in the readers imagination to make their ideas more vivid
- 14HYPERBOLEIs the deliberate use of exaggeration to emphasis an opinion or idea
Information
- Description
- year 7 English Flashcards on EnglisH, created by gbromwich.45 on 12/11/2013.
- Created by
- gbromwich.45 · Nov 2013
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2016
- Views
- 37
- Tags
- Rating