Language techniques

• Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
• Anaphora is repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive sentences to emphasise it.
• Assonance is when vowel sounds are repeated within words, but not necessarily at the beginning.
• Anaphora is repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive sentences, clauses or phrases to create emphasis.
• Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words.
• Apostrophe is addressing an absent person as if they were present.
• Euphemism is using milder language instead of something more blunt.
• Hyperbole is exaggerated statements used for emphasis.
• Asyndeton is using no conjunctions between items in a series.
• Euphemism is substituting a milder term for one that might offend someone.
• Hypophora is asking a question and answering it immediately afterwards.
• Metaphor is comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
• Irony is saying one thing while meaning another.
• Onomatopoeia is creating a sound with words that imitate the noise being described.
• Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.
• Simile compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
• Paradox is saying two opposite things at the same time, often to make a point or create interest.
• Synonym is a word which has almost exactly the same meaning as another word.
• Antonyms are words which have opposite meanings.