Language techniques

• Pun


  A play on words.
• Onomatopoeia


  Words that imitate sounds.
• Assonance


  Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
• Pathetic fallacy


  Attributing human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or nature.
• Sibilance


  Repetition of "s" sounds.
• Oxymoron


  A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
• Imagery


  Vivid mental pictures.
• Personification


  Attributing human characteristics or qualities to non-human entities.
• Euphemism


  A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.
• Listing


  Items or information presented in a sequential order.
• Plosives


  Consonants
• Alliteration


  The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
• Simile


  A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as".
• Foreshadowing


  A literary technique used to hint at future events in a story.
• Flashbacks


  Memories
• Rhetorical questions


  Questions that are asked for effect or to make a point, rather than to elicit a genuine answer.
• Metaphor


  A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things to highlight a similarity.
• Irony


  A literary device that involves a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
• Cliché


  Overused phrase or idea.
• Parenthesis


  Punctuation.
• Tone


  The emotional quality or atmosphere of a piece of writing or conversation.
• Repetition


  The act of repeating something.
• Hyperbole


  Exaggeration.