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Key words for GCSE English Language.
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figure |
A figure of speech is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense.
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speech |
A figure of speech is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense.
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hyperbole |
Hyperbole means exaggeration.
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assonance |
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within a phrase.
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imagery |
Imagery is the use of visually descriptive language.
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irony |
Irony is when you say the opposite of what you mean for dramatic or humorous effect.
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jargon |
Specialist language is known as jargon.
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superlative |
A superlative is an adjective or adverb that describes something as being of the highest degree.
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imperative |
An imperative verb is an instruction or command.
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euphemism |
A euphemism is a word or sentence used in place of one that might be considered offensive.
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emphasis |
If you put emphasis on something, it means you give it importance.
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emotive |
Emotive language is language that elicits an emotional response from the reader.
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language |
Emotive language is language that elicits an emotional response from the reader.
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onomatopoeia |
Onomatopoeia is when a word imitates the sound of the action or thing it describes.
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personification |
Personification is when human characteristics are given to non-human things.
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connotation |
A connotation is a commonly understood association of a word or phrase.
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extended |
An extended metaphor is when an analogy extends across a literary work.
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metaphor |
An extended metaphor is when an analogy extends across a literary work.
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