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Alliteration
Words with a similar sound at the beginning
"You", "I", "Me"
Personal Pronouns
A question that does not need an answer.
"Cool as a cucumber"
Simile
Full Stop
To create a pause
Onomatopeia
A word that has a sound.
"NCEA", "credits", "Achieved"
Jargon words associated with job
Statistics
Information in numerical form. To clarify information in a different manner.
Metaphor
Prefix
A word at the beginning of the root word such as 'co-'
Repetition
To repeat a word or phase which shows the importance of that word.
"Raining cats and dogs"
Idioms
Expert Opinion
Bring in another viewpoint to emphasise the reliability of the source
Personification
Suffix
A word at the end of the root word such as -able or -ing
Connotation
A feeling associated with a word
"It was a rainy, stormy, cold day"
Listing
Slang
"Passed away"
Euphemism
Homophone
Words that sound the same but have different meanings
Animal Imagery
Words associated with animals: "hiss", "snare", "bark"
"I am dying to get to this English exam"
hyperbole
Denotatation
Dictionary definition of a work
"Social Distancing"
Oxymoron
What two ways do you use an apostrophe?
Possessive and omissive.