English Paper 1 Techniques

Diction

The author’s word choice (e.g. formal, informal, emotive)

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Imperatives

Command verbs used to instruct or urge

Rhetorical question

A question asked for effect, not to be answered

Repetition

Repeated words or phrases

Emotive language

Language that stirs emotion (e.g. anger, guilt, pity)

Logos

Appeal to logic (facts, stats, reasoning)

Pathos

Appeal to emotion