language techniques Flashcards
(21 cards)
Use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a consecutive words or words in close proximity
Alliteration
draws attention to certain phrases or sentences. The phrase has more emphasis
A way of making reference to something else without explicitly stating what it is ur referring to.
Allusion
Infer meaning by creating parallels between their text and whatever they are alluding to.
Create contrast between the author’s argument and their allusion
When words or a phrase repeats at the beginning of consecutive sentences or clauses.
Anaphora
Create emphasis and draw the eye of the reader which creates rhythm and injection emotion into the text.
A short statement about a widely accepted truth. These are often amusing or witty in nature.
Aphorisms
builds trust by making use of universal truths. reader comes to understand the writer as trustworthy thus increasing engagement and helping persuade them of the writer’s argument.
Repetition of a similar vowel sound in consecutive words or words in close proximity.
Assonance
creates rhythm. It allows readers to interpret a sentence the way the author intended by making clear which vowel sound should be stressed.
Repetition of similar consonant sound in consecutive word
consonance
helps to create rhythm. It makes a sentence more pleasing to the ear and increasing the reader’s engagement.
A rhetorical device in which a writer draws attention to the difference between the two things or events.
Contrast
through comparing and contrasting, the writers can make stronger arguments and create stronger statements further engaging the reader.
The words a writer chooses to use to best convey their message.
Diction
responsible for the way a reader interprets a text and can be used in any way a writer pleases. It can be used to emphasise character’s emotions, or repression of emotions. It can be used to create tone.
Language used to imply something unpleasant or impolite
Euphemism
Used to mask the impoliteness or rudeness of a reamrk and softens an uncomfortable topic.
A warning of events to come into text
Foreshadowing
Increases the narrative tension by giving readers an implication of what is to come. This is especially potent when used to foreshadow a distressing event while the plot is calm
Figurative speech used for exaggeration
Often adds an element of comedy and amusement to a text and it allows an author to add excitement to a tedious of mundane subject.
expression of an emotion or thought by using language which typically means the opposite. It is often amusing which injects a degree of comedy.
Irony
draws attention to a statment by bringing humour to a situation. Induces a degree of foreboding
Visually descriptive language used to appeal to the reader’s senses
imagery
increases reader engagement by allowing them to use their imagination to put themselves in the scene. They will become more invested.
Two opposing things places next to each other for contrast.
Juxtaposition
draw attention to the differences between two things.
A figure of speech in which an object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
Metaphors
draw the attention of the reader by engaging their imagination in their interpretation of the metaphor. Create more manageable images in readers mind and further prompting engagment,
Words that sound like the sounds they are describing.
Onomatopoeia
add depth to the text. Using words that sound how they are written engages the reader’s senses, encouraging deeper emotional involvement.
a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are used consecutively
oxymoron
Used to draw the reader’s attention. The element of confusion they create causes the reader to stop and ponder the meaning of the phrase.
Giving human characteristics to non- humans or inanimate objects
Personification
Creates depth in a text by giving a voice to otherwise silent unmoving objects. Maximises engagnement abd being fully immersed in the texts
Harsh sounds associated with the letters p,t,k,b,d, and g which interrupt airflow by closing the mouth
plosive sounds
harsh and help to conve complex emotion like fustrationa dn anger. Allows readers to deeply undstand the emotions;
repreating someething that as already been used
repetition
emhpasise a point. Makes it clear that it is important. it draws the eye of the reader while simutanously emphasising the importance
A figure of speech in which an object or idea is compare to another to suggest similarity between them
Simile
drawing attention by engaging their imagination.
