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Useful English techniques
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- 1Useful techniques for descriptive writing includeSimile - compares 2 things. Usually uses like or as
Metaphor - saying something is something completely different
Hyperbole - exaggeration which is not meant to be taken literal.
Personification - naming someone as something else. - 2ContinuedPathetic fallacy - comparing human emotions to nature or aninals.
Onomateopia - sound effect.
Oxymoron - combination of words that have oposite or very different meanings.
5 senses - 3Useful techniques for writing to persuadeFlattery - complementing someone.
Opinion - personal point.
Hyberbole - exaggerated language.
Personal pronouns - I, you, your, we.
Imperative command - a request or command. - 4ContinuedTriplets - three points to support an arguement.
Emotive language - changes the readers emotion
Statistics and figures - information
Rhetorical question - question that doesn't need an answer - 5ContinuedDirect
Alliteration, anecdote
Flattery, facts
Opinions
Rhetorical question
Emotive language
Statistics
List of three - 6Useful techniques for arguingDirect
Alliteration, anecdote
Flattery, facts
Opinions
Rhetorical question
Emotive language
Statistics
List of three - 7ContinuedCome up with at least 4 point to back your argument
Think about how the reader would respond and question the argument - 8Useful techniques for writing to informBegin with a sentence that will grab the readers attention
Answer; who, what, why, where, when and how
Information must be balanced
Use connectives
Use anecdote
Information
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- For description, informing and persuasive
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