1. English Study Notes
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2. Effect
Language Techniques
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3. Adjectives Give greater accuracy to nouns
The images we are trying to get across
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4. Adverb Give more explicit information
How/when/where/why something is done
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5. Subject/Verb Agreement
Singular noun with singular verb
Plural noun with plural verb
He has done his homework
They have already eaten
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6. Metaphor Create more vivid images Requires us to think
Makes us more involved
Makes writing more interesting
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7. Simile Enhance the image the composer can give
Demand the reader to connect things
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8. Personification
Creates more vivid imagery
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9. Pun Make us laugh Make us look twice at a piece of writing
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