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The test stared back at me, mocking my lack of preparation

Personification

At this point, you are 'beating a dead horse,' madame.

Metaphor

Is there such a thing as good or evil, or are we all a little bit of both?

Rhetorical Question

Sadly, Sam sold the serpents to an unsuspecting servant.

Sibilance

Is anyone here a doctor?

Interrogative

Mr. Davis stood there like a Greek statue

Simile

According to a witness at the scene, 'Mr Bullimore was the last person scene at the bank before the robbery'

Direct Speech

Words or phrases that are used to connect ideas between paragraphs

Transitions

His eyes popped out of his head!

Hyperbole

A ___________ is a clause that cannot stand on its own as a sentence

Subordinate clause

Don't touch my food while I am gone.

Imperative

There was a sudden and deafening silence

oxymoron

The soldiers fell from friendly fire

alliteration

The endless 'tick, tock, tick, tock' echoed in my restless mind

Onomatopoeia

Hear the mellow wedding bells

Assonance

The ___________ clause can stand on its own because it has a subject and a ____

main - independent; verb

That rollercoaster was amazing!

Exclamatory

Walking with a shield in hand -- armed with the courage of a thousand martyrs -- the soldiers marched toward the heavily fortified castle

The Dash or Em Dash

Gulping his glass of milk like Charybdis did the sea

Simile

Between 1997-2003, Mr Kubrick served as chief astronaut of the Global Space Network

hyphen

Mr. Kubrick has a love hate relationship with Tik Tok

oxymoron

Mr. Kubrick is the black sheep of the English Department

Metaphor

A punctuation mark that combines two independent clauses with similar ideas

a semi-colon

Mr. Davis said Grade 7 is his favourite class.

Indirect speech

'Good grief,' Charlie exclaimed.

Alliteration