A rich, red rivulet of blood ran down his wrist. - Phonological patterning (alliteration), issued from their spitless lips as they swished - Phonological patterning (assonance and consonance)), We sat huddled by the crackling fire as the rain splattered, and the thunder rumbled - Phonological patterning (onomatopoeia), We’re risin’, suprisin’, and often hypnotizin‘ - Phonological patterning (rhythm and rhyme), My mum has a heart of gold - Semantic patterning (metaphor), The moon, like a broken bangle, hung in the sky. - Semantic patterning (simile), clear as mud - Semantic patterning (irony), I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me. - Semantic patterning (pun), We saw her duck - Semantic patterning (lexical ambiguity), The trees danced playfully - Semantic patterning (personification), There was a deafening silence - Semantic patterning (oxymoron), In the trampled grass of the infield you will find old discarded lunch boxes containing the foul remains of peanut butter sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, cracker crumbs, bits of doughnuts, and particles of cheese. - Syntactic patterning (listing), Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. - Syntactic Patterning (antithesis), Where there is smoke, there is fire. - Syntactic Patterning (parallelism), To think the unthinkable and make possible the impossible. - Syntactic Patterning (parallelism / antithesis) ,

All Patterning practice

Print
Embed

Leaderboard

Flash cards is an open-ended template. It does not generate scores for a leaderboard.

Visual style

Options

Switch template

Continue editing: ?