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Flashcards by Caitlin Stow, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Caitlin Stow
almost 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Alliteration | When the same letter or sound is found at the beginning of words that are next to or close to each other |
| Alliteration Example | Parting is such a sweet sorrow |
| Facts | Something you know or that has been proven to be true |
| Facts example | Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer |
| Opinions | A statement that doesn't have to be based on a fact |
| Opinions Example | Brussel sprouts are disgusting |
| Rhetorical question | A question asked in order to make a point |
| Rhetorical question Example | What's in a name? |
| Emotive language | Language that appeals to the a reader's emotions |
| Emotive language Example | The victims were killed in cold blood |
| Statistics | A numerical piece of information proven to be true |
| Triplets | Listing three ideas in a row |
| Triplets Example | I was cold, tired, and hungry |
| Verb | A work that suggests an action (a doing word) |
| Verb example | Walk, Singing, Ran |
| Imperative verb | A verb in the form of a command |
| Imperative verb example | Shut up! |
| Noun | A person place, thing, thing, or idea |
| Noun Example | Chair, Classroom, Love |
| Adverb | A word that describes how a verb is carried out. Also used to describe adjectives and other adverbs |
| Adverb example | She spoke very loudly |
| Simile | A comparison between two conective words like like, as,so, than, or a verb such as resembles |
| Simile example | As beautiful as the sun |
| Metaphor | Direct comparison between two nouns |
| Metaphor Example | Juliette is the sun |
| Repitition | The repeting of individual words |
| Repitition example | O Captain! My Captain! |
| Dialougue | Direct speech / a conversation between two or more people |
| Personification | The attributing of human to an animal, object or anything that is not human |
| Personification example | The stars danced playfully |
| Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration used for effect |
| Hyperbole Example | He kissed her a thousand times |
| Pronoun | A word used to replace a noun |
| Pronoun | A word used to replace a noun |
| Pronoun example | He, She, It, My, They, Yours, Theirs |
| Connective | A word/phrase whose function is to link other words/phrases |
| Connective example | and, but, however, because, yet, so |
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