Language Techniques Flashcards
Onomatopoeia
Sounds like “ bang,crash,roar and chirp”
Simile
Comparing something directly using connective words like or as
E.g” They fought like cats and dogs”
Metaphor
Comparing something without using like or as
E.g “ johnny mouth is one huge metal factory”
Personification
Giving an inanimate object a life
E.g” The trees waved at me”
Adverbs
A describes the doing word
E.g”He ran quickly”
Adjective
Describes a noun
E.g “ The angry dog”
Verb
Doing word
“ He ran”
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Narrative perspective
Person
What is a rule of 3
3 adjectives used in a row for effect
Future tense
Something thats going to happen
E.g tomorrow i am going to the cinema
Hyperbole
An exaggeration used to persuade the reader or emphasise a point.
Rhetorical question
Question that does not expect or require an answer
E.g who doesn’t like three stuff?
Pathetic fallacy
Using the weather to highlight the mood/tone
Direct address to the reader
When the writer writes as if he is addressing the reader personally
