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Lagnuage Features
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- 1MetaphorOn thing that is said to be another.
Eg, "you are a dog". - 2SimileMakes a comparison between two things. Eg, "you are as sleepy as a dog".
- 3AlliterationRepetition of the first letter.
Eg, "the slithering snake slithered silently". - 4AssonanceResemblance of a sound, particular the repetition of vowel sounds.
Eg, "how, now, brown cow". - 5HyperboleDeliberate exaggeration; "I have been here a thousand times before".
- 6PersonificationThe attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects; "The clock smiled at me when it hit three o'clock".
- 7OnomatopoeiaA type of sound; "plop", "bang".
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- 7 English Flashcards on Lagnuage Features, created by rdryhurst.451534 on 08/11/2013.
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