Use of terminology to describe language devices in non-fiction

The journalist uses the [blank_start]idiom[blank_end] 'just the tip of the iceberg' to describe the number of homeless people. This [blank_start]implies[blank_end] that they are just a small part of a much wider problem.

The phrases 'dreadful cruelty' and 'meaningless slaughter' are examples of the way the writer uses [blank_start]emotive[blank_end] language to argue for greater protection of elephants.

The phrase 'one in eight children' is an example of the writer's use of [blank_start]statistics[blank_end] to convince the reader that more needs to be done to stop child labour in India.

The writer uses [blank_start]logical[blank_end] connectives like 'firstly' , 'secondly' and 'finally' to organise the ideas in her letter to the councillor so that they make a [blank_start]compelling[blank_end] argument against closing the playgroup.

The article is aimed at college students and so the writer uses [blank_start]colloquial[blank_end] phrases such as 'chill out' to engage that target [blank_start]audience[blank_end].

In [blank_start]suggesting[blank_end] that the London smog 'enters in at every pore' the writer is using [blank_start]hyperbole[blank_end] to emphasise the impact of pollution on local inhabitants.

In beginning the article with the question 'Do you like great music?' the writer is using a [blank_start]rhetorical[blank_end] device to engage the reader's interest.

The writer uses the [blank_start]simile[blank_end] 'like a giant's dustbin' to suggest that the slag-heap is enormous and disgusting.

Dickens uses the [blank_start]adjectives[blank_end] 'hardened', 'swarthy' and 'grizzly' to [blank_start]emphasise[blank_end] the rough appearance of the adult prisoners who were sharing the cells with young boys 'not yet fourteen years old'.

In describing her own humorous experiences last year of working at the music festival the writer is using personal [blank_start]anecdote[blank_end] to engage her readers and to [blank_start]persuade[blank_end] them to consider applying for a similar summer job this year.