GCSE Language Features
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| Alliteration | This is when words that start with the same sound are close together. | She sang serenely and serenaded those around her.
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| Colours | We associate different ones with different things/emotions. | Jack was red with anger.
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| Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate the sound they are naming. | The bomb went boom.
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| Adjectives | A describing word. | The rocks were jagged.
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| Simile | A literary device that uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two ideas. | Drives like a dream.
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| Senses | Sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. | The ground was cold to the touch.
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| Rule of Three | Using three adjectives, or phrases in a row. | The lion was fierce, hungry and ready to pounce.
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| Metaphor | Stating that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. | The tree was an old friend.
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| Adverb | An adverb tells you how the verb is doing something. | The mouse retreated sheepishly.
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| Pathetic Fallacy | When you use the weather to reflect what is happening in the scene. | As the sun shone outside, Jack smiled.
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| Personification | When something is given human characteristics. | The tree waved in the breeze.
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