Language Techniques Flashcards

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Emotive language

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Strong language that aims to draw out the emotions/feelings of the audience in either a positive or negative way

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Inclusive language

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Language that includes the audience by using the words “we” “you” “us” or “our”

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Informal language

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Where the writer adopts a personal informal tone and a conversational style. This often includes the use of idioms-figurative phrases common to one language or culture

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Modal verbs

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These are verbs that are used to imply an obligation

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Poetic devices

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The use of imagery, repetition, alliteration, rhyme, similes and metaphors for emotive or emphatic effects

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