Features Of Style/writing Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Alliteration

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Words beginning with the same letter.creates musical harmony

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Analogy

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An illustration that uses a comparison with something similar

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Analytical style

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Analyses an argument/theory/thesis/opinion

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Anecdotal style/anecdotes

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Anecdotes are stories from personal experience

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Antithesis

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Contrast/difference

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Argumentative style

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Writer presents an argument

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Assonance

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Use of long and slow vowel sounds

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Autobiographical style

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Writing about one’s own life

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Bombastic style

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Excessive or exaggerated

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Colloquial style/colloquialism

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Informal language appropriate to conversation

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Descriptive style

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This is an emphasis on description with the use of images and adjectives

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Direct style

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The writer is assertive and presents a strong and definite opinion.It gives authority to what is written and is usually convincing

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Didactic style

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The writer seeks to educate and instruct the reader.contains a moral or message

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Euphemistic style

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A sentence that softens or tones down a direct/blunt statement

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Fable

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A story containing a message conveyed through animal characters

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Factual style

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Uses many details/dates/statistics

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Figurated

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(Metaphors,similes,personification):this creates a vivid impact

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Forceful verbs:

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Action words containing power,energy,violence.it creates a tension-filled tone

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Humour

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The writer is funny.it adds entertainment to a piece of writing and the audience can relate to it

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Hyperbole

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Image

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Any description that appeals to the other senses.visual/tactile/gustatory/aural

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Interrogative style

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A passage/text that asks/poses many questions and usually answers them in the same piece

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Irony

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The opposite of what is expected; the difference between apparently and reality

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Listing

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Elaborates on the point and reinforces it in an effective and persuasive manner

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Metaphor
A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'.this is called metaphorical language/style
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Nostalgic style
A piece where a writer looks back fondly upon the past
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Allegory
Symbols/symbolic figures that represent a deeper truth
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Onomatopoeia
Where the sound is similar to the meaning
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Oxmoron
Two words together one contradicting
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Personal style
Writing about ones own experience
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Pun
A play on words
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Quixotic style
An excellent enteric/esoteric approach to a subject
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Rhetorical style/questions
Questions that directly address the reader and increase reader involvement with the text. The text does not look for an answer
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Reference to other authors
This lens authority to an argument it in no longer a subjective opinion or statement
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Reverence
Emphasises the point of being made.word/Sentences/phrases repeated
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Simile
A comparison between two things using the words like or as
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Short emphatic Sentences
Sentences that to tension or create a sense of urgency at a particular moment
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Sibilants
Use of s sound in a sentence
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Superlatives
Adjectives that are exaggerated to emphasise that the person/thing being described has quality to be degree greater than anything or anyone comparable . It means superior to others., found in excessive or exaggerated language with many adjectives