Language Devices Flashcards

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Personification

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Giving objects human features

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Plosive alliteration

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Alliteration using harsh sounds

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Bilabial plosive alliteration

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Alliteration using p or b

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Dental plosive alliteration

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Alliteration with D or T

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Guttural alliteration

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Alliteration with G, C or K

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Frictive alliteration

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Alliteration with F or V or Ph

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Sibilance

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Alliteration with s

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Anthropomorphism

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Animal being described as human

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Chemomorphism

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Human giving object like features

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Oxymoron

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Opposite words next to each other

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Religious imagery

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Any word that reminds you of a religion

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Zoomorphism

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Human being compared/described as an animal

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Animal imagery

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Something being compared/described as an animal

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Colour imagery

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Colour has a meaning

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Microcosm

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When a person or object represents something bigger

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Allegory

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When whole text symbolises something bigger

17
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Examples of structural technology

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  • long/ shirt paragraphs
  • cyclical structure (beginning becomes end)
  • section of dialogue
  • change in setting
  • shift in tone
  • introduction of new character
  • cliffhanger
  • flashback