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Flashcards by COLLABORAOR FAN, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by COLLABORAOR FAN
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Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. "Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” It is a verbal irony because the audience knows that she is going to die on her wedding bed. |
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Sibilance is a literary device where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately by producing air from vocal tracts through the use of lips and tongue. 1) Discomfort swells. Mark, King of Scotland, mark: |
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The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. 1) How did the hipster burn his mouth? He ate his dinner before it was cool. |
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Measured or judged by estimating the similarity or dissimilarity between one thing and another; relative. 1) He returned to the comparative comfort of his own home |
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Superlative is a literary device which is usually an adjective or adverb used to distinguish an object from three or more others of its type. 1)To take the basest and most poorest shape. From king Lear Act two scene 3 |
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A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker. 1) A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela |
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A paragraph splits up two different sections of text, in a persuasion it would be between two different points. 1) I agree with you. People would disagree with me because... |
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A complex sentence has at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause. 1) Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying. |
| A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause. 1) ‘when it rang’ in ‘she answered the phone when it rang'. | |
| A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. 1) Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping. | |
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A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. 1) Some students like to study in the mornings. |
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Connetives join 2 sentances together. 1) She talked to Jean but she was afraid to tell her what she had done. |
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A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause. 1) Call me tomorrow; you can give me an answer then. We have paid our dues; we expect all the privileges listed in the contract. |
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A colon means "that is to say" or "here's what I mean." You may be required to bring many things: sleeping bags, pans, utensils, and warm clothing. |
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each pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 is used to enclose words or figures so it is separate from the context. 1) She was a right little fool! ( I'll tell you why later). |
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The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous. 1) I wasn’t really . . . well, what I mean . . . see, the thing is . . . I didn’t mean it. |
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The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. 1) Is the milk in the fridge? REPLY: No it's on your head. |
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Something that is true. 1) The UK is in Europe. |
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Your view on something. 1) I think we should bring the death penalty to the UK for murderers. |
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Numbers that tell the percentage etc. 1) Dettol kills 99.9% of bacteria. |
| A question that doesn't require an answer. 1) Why would you do that? | |
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Exaggeration is where you go over the top of the sentence. 1) She would die to get the IPhone 6. |
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When you repeat a word or phrase for effect. 1) Its going, going, going, gone |
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A sentence that provokes an emotional response. 1) The little girl stood there over her dogs' lifeless body. |
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Rule of three is when you use 3 words to describe something. 1) She was fabulous,pretty and nice. |
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Alliteration is when you repeat the first letter of a word in a sentence. 1) Six sausages sizzling. |
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Personification is where you give a non living object human characteristics. 1) The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. |
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A simile is using 'as' or 'like' to describe something. 1) Busy as a bee. |
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A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. 1) He was a dancing bear. |
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