Language Features Flashcards
Similie
Comparison - (indirect) - ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
Comparison - (direct) - ‘it is’
Personification
Giving human/living characteristics
Sensory Imagery
Uses the five senses to create images (touch, taste, smell, hear, see)
Alliteration
Repetition of sounds - ‘constant’
Assonance
Repetition of sounds - ‘vowel’ (PrOUd LOUd ClOUd)
Sibilance
Repetition of sounds - ‘sss’
Repetition
Words, phrases, images, ideas - two or three at least
Onomatopoeia
Sounds - ‘bang’ ‘crash’
Rhythm
Beat of the text - from syllables that are stressed
Rhyme
Repeated Sounds - (Middle or End of Sentence) - ‘string, thing, bing, sing’
Allusion
Using References - ‘the found their Prince Charming’ (alludes to fairy tales)
Anecdote
A story to show your point
Rhetorical Question
Question with already known answer
Oxymoron
Opposite - a ‘fun run’, ‘passionately hate’
Cliche
Overused phrase - lost some of its meaning
Hyperbole
Exaggeration - ‘I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!’
Jargon
Technical Language - Specific to a group ‘NCEA’
Colloquialism
Informal Language - Specific to a group ‘gender, age, culture - (slang -rougher)
Listing
Usually three or more times - use of commas
Pun
A play on words with double meanings - usually based on a sound ‘knight/night’
Imperatives
Instruction/Command - persuades
Superlatives
Highest quality - ‘not great but greatEST’ ‘not young but youngEST’ - (‘est’)
Euphemism
Polite/Nicer way of putting something - Downsizing vs. Cutts
