Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words in a line of poetry
Anaphora is when a word or phrase is repeated at the start of successive sentences, clauses, phrases, or lines.
personification is when a non-human object or concept is given human qualities
Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, idea, person or event for dramatic effect.
simile is a comparisonbetweentwounlike things that uses the words "like" or "as
Metaphor is making a non literal comparison between two things. (saying something IS something)
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitatethesound of theobject or action.( BANG, BOOM)
Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are used together. (placing 2 opposite words together - awfully good)
Colloquiallanguage is informallanguage (chatty/ slang - wanna)
Rhetorical questions are questions that don'tneed an answer, that is asked to make a point or to make the readerthink.
hypophora is where a writer raises a question and then immediately answers it
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not.
direct address is when you use the pronouns “you”,”we”,”us” to address the audience
Proper Noun is a name used for a person,place or organsation.ALWAYSHAS A CAPITALLETTER
Pronoun is a word used in a place of a noun to avoid repetition. (I, we, she, he)
Verb is a word that shows action (jumped, ran, ate)
Adverb adds description to a verb tells you how the action is carried out ( quickly, slowly, greedily)
Adjective adds description to a nouns (fluffy, beautiful)
Preposition tells you the position of a object (under, over, in, next to)
Concrete noun is a name of an object that relates to the senses - see, hear, touch, taste, smell- anything that isn’t an emotion or name of a person or place (dinner, cat, chairs, phone)
Abstract noun is the name of a state or emotion that you cannot physically touch (love, sadness, happiness)
Pathetic fallacy is when the time of day, weather, light or dark, setting or words used relate to the mood of the text (rainy weather -miserable mood)
Modal verbs are words that suggest possibility (can, could, would, should)