Studied by 6 peopleAdjective
A word which describes something
Adverb
Describes a verb
Verb
What things do
Alliteration
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
Anecdote
A personal story to illustrate a point
Colloquialism
Informal language
Ellipsis
…
Emotive language
Word/phrases which create emotion
Exclamatory tone/language
!
Foreshadowing
infomation in the narrative which prepares for or preempts what is to come
Graphic language/description
Very clear description
Hyperbole
exaggeration
Imperative language
A command
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Metaphor
a figure of speech that describes something by saying it's something else
Onomatopoeia
Imitation of sound
Oxymoron
Apparently contradictory words
Repetition
A repeated word or phrase
Rhetorical question
A question
Sensory language
Any language which appeals to the senses
Simile
comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’
modality
The certainty which a speaker employs in their speech
idiom
a form of expression natural to a language
assonance
repeated vowel sounds in nearby words
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