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Title

Metalanguage

Description

Metalanguage for Year 10 Exams

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Subject

English

Level

10th Grade

Created

10/28/2007

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Additional English Flashcards

Term

What is Jargon?

Definition

Language specific to an occupation

Term

A special kind of metaphor where human qualities are given to inanimate objects

Definition

Personification

Term

Deliberate exaggeration for the purpose of expressing ideas emphatically

Definition

Hyperbole

Term

Words that echo their sounds

Definition

Onomatopoeia