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Emotive Language

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Ignites readers emotion

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Alliteration

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Unifying feature to create tone eg Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

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Anaphora

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A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences
- Reinforces an idea

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Hyperbole

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Accentuate thoughts or ideas

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litote

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Creates an ironic effect

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juxtaposition

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Layering of images for dramatic effect

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onomatopoeia

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Adds excitement and interest

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tone

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Covey the way an author feels

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Pathetic Fallacy

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Weather motif

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Enjambment

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continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
eg Encourages flow
‘Sleepers on the sand-
Carries’

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Anadiplosis

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repetition of a group of words

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Allegory

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Double meaning

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13
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personification

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Gives a voice to the object increasing its power

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Ellipsis

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More to be said…tone of contemplation…etc.

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Truncated

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Constrained…structured…finality.

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Hypophora

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Asks a question and immediately answers it.

17
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DONT IGNORE WHAT

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Form and Medium as a technique