Year 10 English Language Features Revision

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similes

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uses 'like' or 'as' to compare.

Evoke mood, make the reader feel something, emphasize an idea or reveal something about the character.

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Personification

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gives human qualities to inanimate objects.

Evoke mood, make the reader feel something, emphasize an idea or reveal something about the character.

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Metaphor

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says that one thing actually becomes another

e.g. 'The moon IS a ball'

Evoke mood, make the reader feel something, emphasize an idea or reveal something about the character.

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Alliteration

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is the repetition of consonant sounds.

can convey a sound or movement that is linked to a mood or an idea or can be used to make something easier to remember.

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Assonance

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is the repetition of vowel sounds

can convey a sound or movement that is linked to a mood or an idea or can be used to make something easier to remember.

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Onomatopoeia

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is a word that is written to show the sound it makes

can convey a sound or movement that is linked to a mood or an idea or can be used to make something easier to remember.

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Colloquial

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language is informal and is often used in conversation.

it is often found in the dialogue of a novel or in speeches and advertisements that target a specific audience

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Slang

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is also informal language and is words used by a specific social group.

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imperative

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is a command that can be useful in speeches or advertisements when the speaker or designer want to encourage the audience.

they involve the audience

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rhetorical question

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are questions that don't need an answer and are used to emphasize a point.

they involve the audience

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exaggeration

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is making something greater or bigger than it is, and often used to provoke a response from the reader or audience as well as emphasize an idea.

they can be useful for making a point that needs to be understood quickly

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euphemism

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are a softer way of saying something that might be socially embarrassing or offensive.

they can be useful for making a point that needs to be understood quickly

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cliches

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are well known sayings that have lost meaning from overuse.

they can be useful for making a point that needs to be understood quickly

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listing

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is the building up of several points in succession in order to emphasize those points

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repetition

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is similar to listing, where words or phrases are repeated so as to emphasize an idea or mood

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anecdote

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is an amusing personal story that can add humor to a topic and is most common in speeches.

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pun

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is a word with a double meaning and is sometimes known as a 'play on words' because of the humor created

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jargon

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is technical language associated with a particular subject and is common in advertisements when the advertiser wants to validate his/her claims about a product and to convince the audience that they have inside knowledge.

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emotive words

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are words or phrases that make the audience feel something.

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slogans

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are phrases that are easy to remember and easy to recognize and therefore are often used in advertisements

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neologisms

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are words that are created to make a product seem original and to attract buyers interest

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statistics

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are facts and figure that can be used in advertisements to persuade the buyer of the products qualities or in a speech to persuade the audience to agree with the speakers opinion

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personal pronouns

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such as 'we' or 'you' directly involve the reader or audience in the product being sold or the point being made.