Devices- non fiction Flashcards by Edward Smith

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant

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Anecdote

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Short personal story

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Direct address

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Speaking to the reader

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Facts

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Verifiable statements

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Statistics

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Numerical data to answer

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Rhetorical question

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A question for effect

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Emotive language

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Words that evoke an emotional response

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for emphasis

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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Triplets

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Listing 3 ideas for impact

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Inclusive language

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Using we to involve the resder

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Metaphor

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Saying something is something else

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Repetition

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Repeating the same words for emphasis

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Reiteration

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Renting something with different wording

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Tone

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The writers attitude

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

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Anecdotal evidence

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Using an anecdote as evidence

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Appeal to authority

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Quoting experts

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Counterargument

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Addressing and refuting opposing views

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Connotation

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Implied meaning of a word

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Irony

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Opposite of what is meant, humour

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Parallelism

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Using similar structures for effect

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same words at the start of clauses

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Juxtaposition

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Contrasting ideas together

Allusion

Referencing another source

Cliche

Over used phrase

Bias

Showing strong prejudice towards somethin

Analogy

A comparison to explain

Colloquialism

Informal slang

Antithesis

Contrasting ideas in a balanced structure

Epistrophe

Repetition of a word at the start of a clause

Oxymoron

Contradictory terms

Euphemism

An expression for something unpleasant

Understatement

Minimising the importance of something

Symbolism

Using symbols to represent ideas

Persona

The voice of the character

Foreshadowing

Hinting to the future

Inference

Suggesting something

Syntax

Sentence structure

Appeal to logic (logos)

Using reasoning to persuade

Appeal to emotion (pathos)

Targeting the emotions

Appeal to credibility (ethos)

Establishing the writer’s trustworthiness

Declarative

Presents information

Imperative

A command

Asyndeton

Omission of conjunctions.

Pace

How fast the writing is Linked to asyndeton

Temporal references

Mentions time

Sentence length/ paragraph length

Affects fluency and emphasises some topics.

Discourse markers

Connectives that link to the next point

Imperative vocabulary

Gives reader a sense of duty