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Adjectives
Describing words

-carry connotations and used to BUILD AN IMAGE IN THE READERS MIND.
Metaphor
Direct comparison of something to another. Says one thing is another.

-Can VISUALISE OBJECT CLEARLY due to the comparison
Personification
Giving human qualities to a non-human thing

-BRINGS THE OBJECT TO LIFE
Hyperbole
Exaggeration

-STRESSED FOR EFFECT and adds to the mood/tone
Simile
A comparison using LIKE or AS

-IMAGE OF THE OBJECT IS HEIGHTENED
Pun
using the fact that some phrases/words can be interpreted in two ways for humour or witty effect

-IDEA/IMAGE IS HUMOURS/MEMORABLE through the PLAY ON WORDS
Alliteration
when the same consonant sound links two or more words

-SOUND CREATED REINFORCES image/idea being CONVEYED
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds across two or more words e.g no hope

-SOUND CREATED REINFORCES image/idea being CONVEYED
Onomatopoeia
use of he words which create the sound of the action

- sound of the word suggest the action
Rhyme
repetition of final sounds in the final one or two syllables

- Rhyme places stress/emphasis on particular words for effect
Rhythm
The beat of the words caused by the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

- the MOVEMENT OF THE LINE REINFORCES THE IDEAS/IMAGES OF THE POEM
Rhetorical Questions
Question that so not expect a reply make the audience feel more involved and consider the idea more

- requires the reader to question their opinion
Tone
the mood/attitude of the writing. Personal, formal?

- INFLUENCES THE WAY A READER FEELS ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER OR CHARACTERS
Cliché
dull expression that has lost originality and humour due to constant use

- a familiar group of words to the reader and therefore understandable
Emotive Language
Words aimed at stirring emotion

- INFLUENCES THE WAY A READER FEELS about a subject or character
colloquialism
Informal, everyday language

- writer or speaker is seen to be casual and laid-back.
Imagery
Descriptive/ figurative use of language that create a picture in the mind of the reader

- helps the reader to better visualised images/feelings
Irony
the opposite of what you mean

- can be HUMOUROUS
Slang
casual spoken language used by a particular group

-Expresses a mood/attitude for that group
Repetition
Using a word or phrase more than once in a text for effect

- idea/message emphasised by writer