Language Techniques

Question 1

Emotive language

Answer 1

Strong language that aims to draw out the emotions/feelings of the audience in either a positive or negative way

Question 2

Inclusive language

Answer 2

Language that includes the audience by using the words “we” “you” “us” or “our”

Question 3

Informal language

Answer 3

Where the writer adopts a personal informal tone and a conversational style. This often includes the use of idioms-figurative phrases common to one language or culture

Question 4

Modal verbs

Answer 4

These are verbs that are used to imply an obligation

Question 5

Poetic devices

Answer 5

The use of imagery, repetition, alliteration, rhyme, similes and metaphors for emotive or emphatic effects