Language Features Flashcards
What is a series words, phases or clauses that always come in three?
Tricolon
What is the impact of a tricolon?
emphasis and rhythm
What pronouns are used in inclusive language
“We” and “us”
What is the effect of inclusive language on the reader?
Empowerment, value and inclusion.
What impact does repetition have on writing?
It emphasises what is being repeated
How does repetition impact a reader?
It makes an idea stand out
What is the effect of first person perspective on a reader?
Creates intimacy and a personal experience of the character
What is the impact of a short sentence to the writing?
quickens the pace, makes a point.
What is the effect of humour in writing to a reader?
It makes a serious point more relatable
What are the 5 kinds of imagery?
Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Tactile, Gustatory
What is the impact of visual imagery in writing?
Creates a more in-depth description of something
What is it called when a writer uses a physical object to describe something more abstract?
Symbolism
What is the effect of symbolism?
To create hidden meaning
What is it called when one thing is described as something that is not literally applicable to it?
Metaphor
What is it called when a non-human object is given human characteristics?
Personification
What is the purpose of personification in writing?
To make the reader empathise with the object
What language feature is similar to personification?
Pathetic Fallacy
What is it called when one thing is compared to another?
A simile
What is a list of things with a conjunction such as “and” to seperate them?
Polysyndeton
What is a list of things with nothing separating them?
Asyndeton
What is the effect of polysyndeton and asyndeton in writing?
Endlessness and rhythm
What is the effect of a pun in writing?
Makes a serious point more relatable.
What is it called when a writer describes a concept by using language that would usually mean the opposite?
Irony
What is the impact of irony?
Humour, makes a serious point more relatable
What language device is used to give commands, instructions or warning?
Imperative verb
What effect does an imperative verb have in writing?
Authority and urgency
What is accumulation?
Listing
What is it called when the difference between two objects is highlighted?
Contrast
What is an adjective?
Describing word
What is the meaning of hyperbole?
To exaggerate
What pronouns are used in third person persepctive?
“he”, “she”, “they”
What pronouns are used in second person perspective?
“you”, “yours”
What is it called if it’s in a third persons perspective but specifically focusing on their fears, mind and emotions?
Third person limited narration
What is it called when it’s the speakers/writers attitudes toward the world?
Morality
What is a short, personal story from the writer called?
Anecdote
What is it called when two contradictory words are paired together?
Oxymoron
What is it called when two things are placed together with a contrasting effect?
Juxtaposition
What is it called when a writer indirectly expresses an idea or experience?
Allusion
What is a form of repetition that is used at the beginning of a sentence or phrase?
Anaphora
What is the impact of anaphora in writing?
Rhythm and prominence
What is the impact of an elongated sentence in writing?
Endlessness, vastness
What is the constant occurrence of the same sound or letter in a sentence called?
Alliteration
What is it called when a writer/speaker raises a question and then immediately answers answer?
Hypophora
Why are rhetorical questions used in writing?
To hook the reader
What is it called when words are used to mimic sounds?
Onomatopoeia
What is it called when human-characteristics are given to an animal, god or object?
Athropramorphism
What is it called when animal qualities get assigned to a non-animal subject?
Zoomorphism
What is the impact of anthropramorphism and zoomorphism in writing?
imaginative images
