Language features Flashcards
Bias
When you favour/are against something/someone
Informal
When you use casual language
Colloquial
Familiar or ordinary conversation, informal
Connotation
To mean/signify something
Alliteration
Repetition of same letter/sound at beginning of word
Rhyme
Same sound repeated between words/endings
Rhetorical questions
Questions used for effect with no actual answer
Humor
Being/expression amusing or comical
Counter-argument
A contradicting/opposing argument
Tripling/rule of three
Three similar adjectives in a row
Anecdotes
Short true take
Stats. & facts
a piece of true information
Opinion/expert opinion
A personal belief that isn’t factual
Emotive language
Emotional language used by features
Metaphors
Saying/applying something to something it isn’t
Similes
Describing using the words ‘like’ and ‘as’ in a phrase
Opening/ending
The initial and final part of something
Personal voice
Your own type/style of writing
Empathy
Feeling emotion for someone as if you are in their place
Listing
Stating things consecutively
Visual impact
Has an effect on you, visually
Pronoun choice
The words you choose to refer to something/someone
Comic exaggeration
Representation of a person that is exaggerated
