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Emotive Language
Ignites readers emotion
Alliteration
Unifying feature to create tone eg Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.
Anaphora
A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences
- Reinforces an idea
Hyperbole
Accentuate thoughts or ideas
litote
Creates an ironic effect
juxtaposition
Layering of images for dramatic effect
onomatopoeia
Adds excitement and interest
tone
Covey the way an author feels
Pathetic Fallacy
Weather motif
Enjambment
continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
eg Encourages flow
‘Sleepers on the sand-
Carries’
Anadiplosis
repetition of a group of words
Allegory
Double meaning
personification
Gives a voice to the object increasing its power
Ellipsis
More to be said…tone of contemplation…etc.
Truncated
Constrained…structured…finality.