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Language Techniques
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- 1Alliteration- The first letter of a word is repeated in the words that follow
E.g. the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice.
- Effect: Memorable - 2Assonance- The same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different
E.g. He passed her a sharp, dark glance
- Effect: Memorable + emphasise topic - 3Colloquial- Language that used in speech with an informal meaning
E.g. "chill", "out of this world"
- Effect: Casual + Relaxed effect - 4Dialect- The version of language spoken by particular area
E.g. Scots - 5Dissonance- A harsh combinations of sounds
E.g. the clash, spew and slow
- Effect: Catch reader's attention - 6Enjambment- A device used in poetry where a sentence continues beyond the of the line or verse
- This technique is often used to maintain a sense of continuation from one stanza to another
- Effect: Disrupts flow - 7Hyperbole- Exaggerating something for literary purposes which is not meant to be taken literally
E.g. We gorged on the banquet of beans on toast
- Effect: Emphasises point - 8Imagery- Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'
- 9Irony- The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean
- 10Metaphor- A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual
Eg. He flew into the room
- Effect: Visualize connection - 11Onomatopoeia- A word that sounds like the noise it is describing
E.g. 'splash', 'bang', 'pop'
- Effect: Emphasise emotion - 12Oxymoron- Where two words normally not associated are brought together
E.g. 'cold heat', 'bitter sweet'
- Effect: Emphasise meaning - 13Pathos, Logos + Ethos- Language that evokes feelings of:
- Emotion
- Logic
- Ethics - 14Personification- Giving an inanimate object human qualities
E.g. 'the moon calls me'
- Effect: Reader can relate - 15Repetition- Repeating a word or phrase
E.g. 'Really, really'
- Effect: Memorable + emphasise purpose - 16RhymeE.g. 'heat', 'beat'
- Effect: Memorable - 17Simile- Phrase which establishes similarity between 2 objects
E.g. 'as white as snow', 'like a burning star'
- Effect: Reader can create image - 18Parataxis- A List
E.g. eggs, flour and sugar - 19Triadic Structure- Rule of 3
E.g. cold, wet and tired
- Effect: More interest - 20AFORESTA - Alliteration, anecdotes
F - Facts
O - Opinions
R - Repetition, Rhetorical Question
E - Exaggeration
S - Statistics, Structure
T - Triadic Structure - 21Caesura- Punctuation in the middle of a line
E.g. 'Come into the garden, Fred.'
- Effect: Contrast of ideas, Disruption - 22Anadiplosis- Sentence is started with the word the last sentence ended with
E.g. '...was cold. Cold is harsh'
- Effect: Emphasise word - 23Rhetorical Question- Question that doesn't need an answer
E.g. 'Do you ever feel like the world is closing in on you?'
- Effect: Feel in involved + grab attention - 24Statistics- Use of figures
E.g. "millions"
- Effects - adds credibility - 25Polysyndeton- deliberate use of 'and'
- E.g. he ran and jumped and laughed for joy
- Effects - slows pace, emphasis
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- Year 10 English Fichas sobre Language Techniques, creado por Maryam Khan el 29/12/2017.
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- Creado por Anna Wolski · 1 oct 2015
- Copiado por Maryam Khan · 29 dic 2017
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