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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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Spelling games using the word list: GCSE English Language: Language Features 4
Autumn Anagram
A spelling game for Autumn!
Egg Hunt
Crack the eggs!
Word Search, small
The classic English word game.
Against the Clock
Spelling 'against the clock'.
Mayan Temple
Try the temple spelling puzzle.
Monkey Business
It's bananas!
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