English techniques (copy)

Adjective

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