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Year 11 English Vocabulary - Essays Online

Year 11 English Vocabulary

* Allegory - a symbolic representation i.e. the blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.

* Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.  i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

* Allusion - A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.  i.e. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa.

* Analogy - the comparison of two pairs, which have the same relationship.  i.e. shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel

* Assonance - the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.

* Climax - the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the ...

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* Personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects. i.e. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.

* Pun - A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor.

* Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.  i.e. She floated in like a ...

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Added: 11/3/2012 11:45:23 PM
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