Language Features

• Metaphor


  Implies a comparason between two unlike things withous using "like" or "as" to highlight similarity.
• Similie


  Compares two different things using "like" or "as."
• Personification


  Descriptive language that appeals to the sentences, creating mental images for the reader or listener.
• Hyperbole


  Exaggerated statement or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• Irony:


  The use of words to convey a meaning opposite to their literal interpretation.
• Oxymoron


  A combination of contradictory or opposing words.
• Puns


  A play on words that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds of a word.
• Repetition


  The recurrence of words, phrases, or sounds for emphasis.
• Colloquialism


  Informal expressions or language commonly used in everyday conversation.
• Diction


  The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
• Regiser


  The level of formality or informality in language, determined by the context and audience.
• Connotation


  The emotional, cultural, or personal associatons and meanings that are attatched to a word or phrase, beyond its literal or dictionary definition.
• Emotive Language


  Use of emotionally charged words or phrases to evoke strong feelings or reactions in the audience.
• High Modality


  Language or expressions that convey a high degree of certainty
• Imperatives


  Verbs or phrases used to give direct commands, instructions, or reqiests.
• Jargon


  Specialised technical language used within specific fields or professions.
• Superlative


  An exaggerated or hyperboplical expression of praise created through adjectives and adverbs.
• Anaphora


  A word or phrase is repeated at the begining of successive clauses or sentences. It is used to create emphasis, evoke emotion, and make a point more memorable.
• Epistrophe


  Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences. Similar to anaphora, epistrophe is used for emphasis and retorical impact, but it places the repetition at the end of the sentence
• Polysyndeton 


  Conjunctions are used in quick succession within a sentence or between sentences. This creates a flowing and often rhythmic effect.
• Asyndeton


  Opposite of Polysyndeton, is the diliberate lack of conjunctions.
• Tricolon


  3 parallel elements for emphasis
• Logos


  Appeals to the audience's sense of logic and reason
• Pathos


  Appeals to the audience's emotions (important that students define which emotion)
• Ethos


  Appeals to the authority, credibility or character of the speaker/writer; often (mis)identified as appealing to the ethics or values of the audience, but it is only truly 'ethos' in the classical rhetorical sense if, in doing so, the speaker reveals or implies their own moral character
• Kairos


  Appeals to time sensitivity, urgency or optimality; also understanding the optimal time and place to appeal to a specific audience
• Topos


  Topoi are common or recurring themes, structures or rhetorical strategies; these includes the structures listed above, as well as strategies such as black and white fallacy, or archetypal themes such as a 'David and Goliath' or 'Big Brother' scenario