Language Technique Flashcards
Personification
Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person
eg:
The tree danced happily
Alliteration
Multiple words with the same beginning in a row
eg:
Super Soft Snake
Onamatapia
Words describing sounds
eg:
The bacon sizzled
Metaphor
A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common
eg:
I was in hell that cold night
Simile
Using words such as , like and as to describe something
eg:
Sam ate like a pig
Sibilance
Having multiple words in a row beginning with S
eg:
Sam Saved the day
Rhetorical question
A question not supposed to be answered
eg:
You want people to live like this ?
Colloquialism
Using informal language
eg:
I was chantin to this geeza
Hyperbole
This is exaggeration
eg:
The man must of been 10ft
Imagery
Using words to describe a place
eg:
The mountain travelled across the horizon underneath the light blue sky
Noun
A noun is a person place or thing
eg:
The lady rode a boat
Verb
An action word
eg:
He yelled at the old man
Adjective
This describes a noun
eg:
The red rose
Adverb
This describes a verb
eg:
He slowly approached the old man
Repetition
This is where you repeat yourself for effect
eg:
“He was massive, then he walked over with his massive shadow”