Language Devices Flashcards
Alliteration
Same starting letters next to each other - ‘Adam’s Amazing Apples’
Hyperbole
Exaggerating/emphasizing - ‘I had to wait 70 years!’
Tricolon/ rule of three
Three ideas/phrases - ‘it felt empty, isolating, alone’
Statistics
Numerical evidence - ‘60% of students…’
Anecdote
Stories from the author - ‘I fell off a tree’
Imperative
Commanding the reader - ‘you must try this’
Direct address
Speaking to the reader - ‘you and many others…’
Collective pronouns
Addressing a whole community - “we must take action”
Rhetorical question
Asking a question as a point - ‘do you think this okay?’
Emotive lang
Words creating an emotional response - ‘it is vile and sickening’
Counter argument
An opposite view to yours - ‘although this seems bad…’
Expert reference
Quoting a pro - ‘ Dr ______ says…’
Simile
Comparison using as and like - ‘food hot as fire’
Metaphor
Direct comparison - ‘snakes writhing in his stomach’
Prolepsis (hint: similar to counter argument)
Imaging reader’s response - ‘you may be thinking…’
Metanoia (hint: meta/breaking the narrative)
Correcting yourself - ‘it bad -no- it’s horrible’
Hypophora (hint: pop quiz/answering questions)
Answering a question yourself - ‘do you hate it? I do’
Repetition
Repetition of same phrase - ‘I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream’
Extended metaphor
An explained direct comparison, ‘debt is crippling, your being constantly beat down before you can get up again.’
Antithesis
Contrasting ideas - ‘he’s a dormant mouse, she’s a triumphant lion’
Pun
Humour/word play - ‘EGG-cellent work!’
Checklist for newspaper article
- an intro (add own view)
- 5 persuasive phrases (show own views)
- metaphor (extended)
- simile
- conclusion
- Rhetorical question
structure of article
- Intro (who, what, when, where, why, how) + own perpective
- main body (statistics + expert reference) + persuasive view point
- conclusion (next steps in future) + strong ending
