Written Text Techniques Flashcards
(20 cards)
Metaphor (figurative language)
Saying something is another
-the sun smiled
Similie (figurative language)
Comparing using like or as
- her eyes are like the sun
Personification (figurative language)
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object or animal
- the flowers peaked through the grass
Hyperbole (figurative language)
Exaggeration
- I’m freezing to death!
Rhetorical question (figurative language)
A question that doesn’t need or have an answer
- how does this make you feel?
Jargon (style of language)
Language used to communicate in a particular field or group
- mitosis, OP
Emotive language (style of language)
Language used to evoke emotion
- happy, bedazzled, horrific
Slang (style of language)
Short term language
-G’day
Colloquial (style of language)
Casual language
- mate, homie
Inclusive language (style of language)
Connection between the reader and author
- we need to take action
Repetition (style of language)
Repeating
- I believe, I believe etc.
Sentence length variation (style of language)
Adjusting the length of sentences to create a feel, for example, suspense
Assonance (language techniques)
Using the same vowel sound
- I see my crow to my toe
Alliteration (language techniques)
Repeated use of first letter
- lounging like a lounge room lizard
Solecism (language techniques)
Pop culture reference
- Cinderella
- Big Brother
Onomatopoeia (language techniques)
A word read as a sound
- BANG
Point of view
How the story is seen as
- 1st (I, my, we)
- 2nd (you)
- 3rd (he, she, they)
Message/ ideas/ themes
The main message or points in the text
Allusion (language techniques)
Indirect or passing reference to an event, person or place. Reader presumed to know this and extends their understanding
Clichè (language techniques)
An over used and predictable statement/event
- Happy Ever After
