language techniques

• euphemism

  language used to imply something unpleasant or polite

  used to mask the impoliteness or rudeness of a remake

  softens an uncomfortable topic
• hyperbole

  figurative speech used for exaggeration
• irony

  expression of an emotion or though by using language which typically meant the opposite
• juxtaposition

  two opposing things placed next to each other for contrast
• onomatopoeia 


  words that sound like the sounds they are describing
• oxymoron

  a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are used consecutively
• paradox 


  a contradictory statement
• pathetic fallacy 


  when the weather reflects the mood
• pathos

  evoking a certain feeling in the reader/audience
• plosive sounds

  harsh sounds associated with the letters p, t, k, b, d and g which interrupt airflow by closing the mouth
• sibilance

  repetition of hissing sounds such as alliteration of the letter s
• tone


  the literary manifestation of an authors thoughts and feelings on a certain topic
• semantic field 


  a lexical set of semantically related words
• other language techniques

  adjectives

  verbs

  adverbs

  abstract nouns

  connotations

  imagery

  plosives