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Adjectives |
a word that defines a noun (person, place or thing) or a pronoun (i.e. us, it, him, etc.) |
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Adverbs |
a word that defines a verb (action word) an adverb or and adjective |
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alliteration |
the repetition of consonant (not a e i o u) - usually at the beginning of words |
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assonance |
the repetition of vowel sounds |
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audience |
the person or persons receiving a speach or piece of writing |
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clauses |
smaller than a sentence but larger than a phrase - contains a verb (an action word) |
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cliche |
an over-used phrase or expression |
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context |
the setting (the time and place- social, cultural, historical) in which speech or writing takes place |
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dialect |
a form of speech peculiar to a district, class or person |
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ellipsis |
the omission of words from a sentence |
