English(language techniques)

Cards (7)

  • Language techniques
    • Imperative language (communting language)
    • Metaphor
    • Alliteration
    • Sorcesul lung wage
    • Onomatopoeia or oxymorom
    • Rhetorical question
    • Emotive language
    • Smiles
    • Triples (rule of 3)
    • Cliches
    • Repetition
    • Exaggeration / hyperbole
    • Exciting verbs / welverb / adsective
    • Personisation
    • Naive
    • Family trips
  • Negative Tone
    • Frustrated
    • Annoyed
    • Pessimistic
    • Cynical
    • Dismissive
    • Sensationalistic
  • Word Classes
    • Nouns (person, place or thing)
    • Verbs (action words)
    • Adjectives (modifies a noun/describing word)
    • Adverbs (modifies a verb)
    • Abstract Nouns (something you cannot hold)
    • Superlatives (exaggerate the quality of something)
  • Sentence Types
    • Short (adds tension)
    • Long
    • Exclamatory (adds excitement/tension)
    • Interrogative (questioning)
    • Imperative (a command/encourages the reader to take action)
  • Punctuation
    • Ellipsis (adds suspense)
    • Brackets/Parentheses (may give more insight into a writer's thoughts/humour)
    • Question Mark
  • Devices - The What?
    • Direct Address
    • Emotive Language
    • Facts & Statistics
    • Repetition
    • Rhetorical Questions
    • Assertive Language
    • Hyperbole
    • Imagery (Similes/Metaphors)
    • Alliteration
  • Devices - The Why?
    • Engages the reader and retains the interest of the reader because it seems directly relevent to them
    • Influences how the reader thinks and feels
    • Used to back up an argument and make an argument believable
    • Creates drama and impact and makes a point memorable
    • Used to emphasis a point and engage the audience
    • Forceful and confident to make a point indisputable
    • Use of exaggeration to create an effect
    • To help you imagine a scene and place yourself in the situation
    • Repetition of consonant sound to make something memorable
    • To support a viewpoint and make something credible
    • Lighten the tone and develops a rapport between reader and writer
    • Convinces the reader of the authenticity of the writer's views
    • Presents a writer's view/ can often be disguised as a fact