Junior Language Features - Examples #2

Metaphor

The line of cars snakes through the parking lot.

Assonance

Finally, the bright lights fade and our guide turns on a torch.

Sibilance

Several soft hissing noises surrounded us.

Nouns

anger, classroom, theory, football

Hyperbole

The new uniform is the worst fashion design ever produced.

Rhetorical question

You wouldn't aim to become less intelligent, would you?

Alliteration

The clacking of keyboards captured our attention.

Colloquial language (Colloquialism)

Give it a go! No worries! That's sweet as.

Imperative

Pick up our lunch on the way to the field.

Verbs

flew, are, have, likes

Prepositions

above, beyond, within, on

Personification

The waka groaned.

Pronouns

this, yours, our, there

Simile

Tiny drops of rain fell like feathers.

Adjectives

wide, previous, horrendous, tangy

Adverbs

honestly, well, briefly, nervously

Listing

Popular subjects included te reo Māori, te ao haka, pūtaiao and toi ataata.

Conjunctions

yet, as, although, because, or, and

Onomatopoeia

woof, crash, plop, screech, whoosh

Repetition

The line of cars stretched along the front of the school, it stretched across the traffic lights and it stretched even to the mall at the other end of town.

Colloquial language

What's up, man? How's it going?

Slang

Imma try cook on your essay.