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GCSE Language Features

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Term
Definition
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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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