Flashcards
Writing Devices
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1Rhetorical questionsA question where the answer is obvious
- 2EllipsisBuilds suspense/shows there is more to say
- 3Second person direct appealUse of ‘you’ to make the reader feel involved
- 4ExaggerationSuggesting something is better than it is.
- 5First person plural‘We’ suggests a sense of unity/the reader has something in common with the writer.
- 6SarcasmTo ridicule or mock someone/something by saying the opposite of what you mean
- 7ImperativesTo order or command
- 8AlliterationWords beginning with the same letter
- 9PunA play on words, often used in titles
- 10Emotive languageWords that appeal to our feelings
- 11Informal toneDeliberately relaxed language to make the reader feel at ease.