Language devices Flashcards
A doing word (running, danced)
Verb
A word sounds like an actual noise (bang, hiss)
Onomatopoeia
The first letters sound is repeated (beautiful baby boy)
Alliteration
Comparing two things with LIKE or AS (as light as a feather)
Simile
Comparing two things, saying one thing IS another (the sun is a golden ball)
Metaphor
A lifeless object is given human qualities (the wind slapped my face)
Personification
A describing word (beautiful, small)
Adjective
Writers using words to create a picture for the reader
Imagery
A naming word for a thing/object/person/place
Noun
Words that are actually spoken
Direct speech
Using exaggeration for emphasis or effect
Hyperbole
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis or effect
Repetition
Asking a question to the reader to get them to think
Rhetorical question
Giving an order or command
Imperative
3 or more examples of something for emphasis or information
List of 3 / listing
Giving true pieces of information about a subject
Statistics and facts
How you would show that you are giving your opinion
Personal pronoun ‘I’
How you would refer to the reader to include them in your writing
Personal pronoun ‘you’
Using ‘I’ and ‘we’ in a text to tell a story
First Person
Using ‘they’ and names in a text to tell a story
Third Person
An informal way of saying something; ‘youth speak’
Slang