Language Techniques Flashcards
Purpose of direct address
Makes the reader feel more involved in the text.
They feel that the text has been written for them
Enjambment
Continuing a line after the line breaks
Rhetorical question
A question that is asked not in order to receive an answer, from the audience or reader
Oxymoron
Figure of speech that puts together opposite elements
Simile
When you use ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two different things
Metaphor
Makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing
Personification
Apply human characteristics and create metaphors to describe a scene.
Talking about nonhuman things as if they were human = personifying them
Caesura
A break or pause in the middle of the line or verse
Adjectives
Words that describe a noun
Repetition
Repeating of a word or phrase, used to add emphasis and stress in writing in speech
Purpose of rhetorical questions
Encourages the listener to consider a concept or idea
Purpose of a metaphor
Helps the reader see familiar concepts in new ways and adds powerful details
Purpose of adjectives
Adjectives modify nouns and provide more detail about an hour
Purpose of a simile
They emphasise certain characteristics
Purpose of personification
Usually expresses characters feelings and give some more life to a scene
