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Flashcards on English, created by IsabellaM on 26/05/2015.
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Similie As brave as a lion
Metaphor He was a lion in battle
Personification The sun kissed her cheek
Alliteration The sly, slithering snake
Assonance When words sound the same but do not rhyme. E.g killed, cold, culled
Onomatopoeia POP PING RATTLE
Rhyme MY DIE TIE
Rhythm de dum de dum
Paradox Self contradicting // saying something but doing something else
Oxymoron Self contradictory // Bitter, Sweet
Imagery Figurative language // Metaphors Similes Personification
Colloquialism // Slang Used in normal convosation // Hey Gonna
Connectives But Although So Next
Tenses Past Present Future
Subordinate Clauses A clause that is dependent on the main clause to make sense // The driver, WHO WAS FAT, drove a taxi She answered the phone WHEN IT RANG.
Main Clauses The part of the sentence that makes sense on its own // SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE when it rang THE DRIVER, who was fat, DROVE A TAXI
Direct speech "Hello"
Indirect speech Amy said hello
Inverted commas He went to ' Disney Land '
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