Language Techniques Flashcards

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Personification

Give an intimate object a human feeling or characteristic

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Eg: The tree danced happily in the breeze

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Onomatopoeia - a word that describes that sounds of the area

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Eg: the door slammed without notice

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Simile - two things are being compared by using like or as between

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Eg’ the temperature pf him was like holding the sun

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Metaphor - saying that you are there but its imaginative

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Eh: i was touching the sun when i tapped my sons head

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Sibilance - words that start with the same letter to create effect

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Sadly samuel sold seven of them

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Rhetorical question - a question that doesnt need an answer

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Do you really want this?

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Colloquial language - its a linguistic style used for a casual communication. Ways of saying things

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Truck / lorry, soccar/ football

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Hyperbole - exaggerated statements or phrases

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I told you this a thousand times!

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Imagery - a phrase that creates a sense on the reader to imagine what is going on

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He can hear footsteps of doom nearby

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Noun - Person Place Or Thing

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Ex: the man walked across the road

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Verb - a doing word

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The man WALKED

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Adjective - A word that describes the noun

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The huge tree

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Adverb - a word to describe the verb

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The dog walked slowly

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Repetition- a repeated word

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She was gone. Gone

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Oxymoron: words next to each other that mean the opposite

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The same difference

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Pronoun - refers of people or yourself

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I, you, we, us

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Abstract noun - instead of a noun you use a state

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He rescued him with his bravery

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Proper noun - words that are spelt with a capital letter

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Josh, Joseph, White House

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Collective noun - a singular word to describe a group of people

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Crowd, family, brothers

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Personification

Give an intimate object a human feeling or characteristic

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Eg: The tree danced happily in the breeze

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Onomatopoeia - a word that describes that sounds of the area

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Eg: the door slammed without notice

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Simile - two things are being compared by using like or as between

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Eg’ the temperature pf him was like holding the sun

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Metaphor - saying that you are there but its imaginative

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Eh: i was touching the sun when i tapped my sons head

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Sibilance - words that start with the same letter to create effect

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Sadly samuel sold seven of them

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Rhetorical question - a question that doesnt need an answer
Do you really want this?
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Colloquial language - its a linguistic style used for a casual communication. Ways of saying things
Truck / lorry, soccar/ football
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Hyperbole - exaggerated statements or phrases
I told you this a thousand times!
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Imagery - a phrase that creates a sense on the reader to imagine what is going on
He can hear footsteps of doom nearby
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Assonance
Meaning a resemblance pf sound between syllables of nearby words Eg: killed, cold, culled
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Dialect
- different ways of saying a word, usually in a poem Eg: hello, howdie
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Dialogue
A discussion between a certain amount of people Eg: hey i need help lifting this box up
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Dissonance
Lack of harmony among musical notes Eg: baby crying,an alarm clock, someone screaming
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Enjambment
A end of a sentence but doesn't end with a thought but usually end with a cliff hangar Eg "the good morrow'
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Irony
Expression of a person using this language to mean the opposite Eg: "good job" when he dropped his tray
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Monologue
A long speech by one actor on a play or film Eg: evies diary, fourteen..., faith alone
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Pathos - a equality that provokes pity and sadness
The actor injects himself with humour and pathos into role
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Rhyme- sound that end with the same sound to match
The balloon | Goes up in the moon
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Rhythm- pattern of sound
Any songs
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Caesura - a break between words within a metrical foot
Sing a song of sixpence
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Symbolism - an image to show what it is
Dove is show for peace
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Semantic field a set of related items
Toy can be said as: block toy block or just a toy
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Proposition - to show where you in in a object
Below, above
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Articles - piece of writing included with newspapers
News paper, assays, exam, story
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Pathos - a equality that provokes pity and sadness
The actor injects himself with humour and pathos into role
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Rhyme- sound that end with the same sound to match
The balloon | Goes up in the moon
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Rhythm- pattern of sound
Any songs
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Caesura - a break between words within a metrical foot
Sing a song of sixpence
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Symbolism - an image to show what it is
Dove is show for peace
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Semantic field a set of related items
Toy can be said as: block toy block or just a toy
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Proposition - to show where you in in a object
Below, above
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Articles - piece of writing included with newspapers
News paper, assays, exam, story
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Pathos - a equality that provokes pity and sadness
The actor injects himself with humour and pathos into role
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Rhyme- sound that end with the same sound to match
The balloon | Goes up in the moon
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Rhythm- pattern of sound
Any songs
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Caesura - a break between words within a metrical foot
Sing a song of sixpence
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Symbolism - an image to show what it is
Dove is show for peace
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Semantic field a set of related items
Toy can be said as: block toy block or just a toy
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Proposition - to show where you in in a object
Below, above
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Articles - piece of writing included with newspapers
News paper, assays, exam, story
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Declaritive
A sentence in the form of a statement
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Exclamatory
A sentence that expresses strong emotion, and it emds with and exclamation mark
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Interrogative
A interogative sentence is usually in the form of a question
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Imperative
A sentence usually contains a command