Linguistic devices

Linguistic devices

1. Dramatic language

   • Attract readers attention
   • Used in headlines
     • Hospital face crisis over fall in blood supplies

2. Emotive language

   • Intended to arouse strong feelings
   • Undesirable characters can prey on vulnerable children

3. Imperatives

   • Are words that give us instructions or orders
     • Appear at the start of sentances
   • Appeal directly to the reader
     • Make the message very clear
   • Discover your favourite days out in Bedford

4. Alliteration

   • The use of the same letter to start several words simultaneously
   • Seen in headlines and advertising slogans
     • Catches the readers attention
   • Runway rumpas at airport

5. Rhetorical questions

   • Get the reader involved directly
   • Do not expect an answer
     • persuasive technique to make the reader agree with the writers point of view
   • Would you like to live healthier and live longer?

6. Lists

   • Persuasive device
     • Writers use this to suggest they have extensive evidence to support their views
   • Animal testing is unreliable, unnecessary and cruel

7. Metaphor

   • Rollercoaster of emotions
   • Conveys a vivid image to the reader

8. Simile

   • Method of describing something using like or as
     • Creates an image in the readers mind
   • Cute as a kitten