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Flashcards do conjunto (20)
- 1Alliteration- The first letter of a word is repeated in the words that follow
eg: the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice.
- Effect: Memorable - 2Assonance- The same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different
eg: He passed her a sharp, dark glance
- Effect: Memorable + emphasise topic - 3Colloquial- Language that used in speech with an informal meaning
eg: "chill", "out of this world"
- Effect: Casual + Relaxed effect - 4Dialect- The version of language spoken by particular area
eg: Scots, Geordie - 5Dissonance- A harsh combinations of sounds
eg: the clash, spew and slow
- Effect: Catch reader's attention - 6Hyperbole- Exaggerating something which is not meant to be taken literally
eg: We gorged on the banquet of beans on toast
- Effect: Emphasises point - 7Imagery- Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something 'real' with something 'imagined'
- 8Irony- The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean
- 9Metaphor- A word or phrase used to imply figurative, not literal or 'actual'
eg: He flew into the room
- Effect: Visualise connection - 10Onomatopoeia- A word that sounds like the noise it is describing
eg: 'splash', 'bang', 'pop'
- Effect: Emphasise emotion - 11Oxymoron- Where two words normally not associated are brought together
eg: 'cold heat', 'bitter sweet'
- Effect: Emphasise meaning - 12Personification- Giving an inanimate object human qualities
eg: 'the moon calls me'
- Effect: Reader can relate - 13Repetition- Repeating a word or phrase
eg: 'Really, really'
- Effect: Memorable + emphasise purpose - 14Rhymeeg: 'heat', 'beat'
- Effect: Memorable - 15Simile- Phrase which establishes similarity between two objects
eg: 'as white as snow', 'like a burning star'
- Effect: Reader can create image - 16Triadic Structure / Rule of Threeeg: cold, wet and tired
- Effect: More interest - 17DAFORESTD - Direct Address
A - Alliteration, anecdotes
F - Facts
O - Opinions, Onomatopoeia
R - Repetition, Rhetorical Question
E - Exaggeration, Emotive
S - Statistics, Structure, Simile
T - Triadic Structure - 18Rhetorical Question- Question that doesn't need an answer
eg: 'Do you ever feel like the world is closing in on you?'
- Effect: Feel in involved + grab attention - 19Statistics- Use of figures
eg: "millions"
- Effects - adds credibility - 20Polysyndeton- deliberate use of 'and'
- eg: he ran and jumped and laughed for joy
- Effects - slows pace, emphasis
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- Functional Skills English FlashCards sobre Language Techniques, criado por Sean Peterson-Stocks em 05-05-2022.
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