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1
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What is a series words, phases or clauses that always come in three?

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Tricolon

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What is the impact of a tricolon?

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emphasis and rhythm

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What pronouns are used in inclusive language

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“We” and “us”

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What is the effect of inclusive language on the reader?

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Empowerment, value and inclusion.

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What impact does repetition have on writing?

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It emphasises what is being repeated

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How does repetition impact a reader?

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It makes an idea stand out

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What is the effect of first person perspective on a reader?

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Creates intimacy and a personal experience of the character

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What is the impact of a short sentence to the writing?

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quickens the pace, makes a point.

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What is the effect of humour in writing to a reader?

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It makes a serious point more relatable

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What are the 5 kinds of imagery?

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Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Tactile, Gustatory

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What is the impact of visual imagery in writing?

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Creates a more in-depth description of something

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What is it called when a writer uses a physical object to describe something more abstract?

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Symbolism

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What is the effect of symbolism?

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To create hidden meaning

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What is it called when one thing is described as something that is not literally applicable to it?

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Metaphor

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What is it called when a non-human object is given human characteristics?

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Personification

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What is the purpose of personification in writing?

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To make the reader empathise with the object

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What language feature is similar to personification?

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Pathetic Fallacy

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What is it called when one thing is compared to another?

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A simile

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What is a list of things with a conjunction such as “and” to seperate them?

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Polysyndeton

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What is a list of things with nothing separating them?

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Asyndeton

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What is the effect of polysyndeton and asyndeton in writing?

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Endlessness and rhythm

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What is the effect of a pun in writing?

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Makes a serious point more relatable.

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What is it called when a writer describes a concept by using language that would usually mean the opposite?

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Irony

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What is the impact of irony?

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Humour, makes a serious point more relatable

25
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What language device is used to give commands, instructions or warning?

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Imperative verb

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What effect does an imperative verb have in writing?

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Authority and urgency

27
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What is accumulation?

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Listing

28
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What is it called when the difference between two objects is highlighted?

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Contrast

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What is an adjective?

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Describing word

30
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What is the meaning of hyperbole?

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To exaggerate

31
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What pronouns are used in third person persepctive?

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“he”, “she”, “they”

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What pronouns are used in second person perspective?

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“you”, “yours”

33
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What is it called if it’s in a third persons perspective but specifically focusing on their fears, mind and emotions?

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Third person limited narration

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What is it called when it’s the speakers/writers attitudes toward the world?

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Morality

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What is a short, personal story from the writer called?

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Anecdote

36
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What is it called when two contradictory words are paired together?

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Oxymoron

37
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What is it called when two things are placed together with a contrasting effect?

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Juxtaposition

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What is it called when a writer indirectly expresses an idea or experience?

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Allusion

39
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What is a form of repetition that is used at the beginning of a sentence or phrase?

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Anaphora

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What is the impact of anaphora in writing?

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Rhythm and prominence

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What is the impact of an elongated sentence in writing?

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Endlessness, vastness

42
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What is the constant occurrence of the same sound or letter in a sentence called?

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Alliteration

43
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What is it called when a writer/speaker raises a question and then immediately answers answer?

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Hypophora

44
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Why are rhetorical questions used in writing?

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To hook the reader

45
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What is it called when words are used to mimic sounds?

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Onomatopoeia

46
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What is it called when human-characteristics are given to an animal, god or object?

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Athropramorphism

47
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What is it called when animal qualities get assigned to a non-animal subject?

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Zoomorphism

48
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What is the impact of anthropramorphism and zoomorphism in writing?

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imaginative images

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