language devices Flashcards
pathetic fallacy
weather matches mood
personification
making object human
simile
using like or as
metaphor
saying something is something
extended metaphor
metaphor that goes on for longer
oxymoron
2 opposites side by side
juxtaposition
explaining an oxymoron or a longer oxymoron
symbol
someting respresenting something
semantic field
words all linked to a theme
irony
when texts surprise the characters
rhetorical
with no answer
hyperbole
overexaggerating
assonance
repetition of the “oo”
alliteration
words begin with the same letter
sibilance
words have the s sound or letter
euphemism
saying something with an indirect manner
emotive language
writer makes reader feel angry
onomatopoeia
words describe the sound
triplets
lists of three
facs/stats
use evidence to support opinion
plosive
harsh sounds, p, b, d
zoomorphism
person animal features
opinion
i mean its an opinion
repetition
i mean repetition just for effect
noun verbs adjectives adverbs
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