English techniques

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

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning

Anecdote

A personal story to illustrate a point

Antithetical language

The language of opposites

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

monosyllabic

One syllable

Onomatopoeia

Imitation of sound

Oxymoron

Apparently contradictory words

Pathos

The quality of evoking pity or sorrow

Plosives

The repetition of ‘p’ or ‘b’ sound

Repetition

A repeated word or phrase

Rhetorical question

A question

Sensory language

Any language which appeals to the senses

sibilance

Repetition of an ‘s’ sound

Simile

comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

superlative

Adjective ending in ‘st’

Triplet

Repetition of 3 nouns, adjective, phrases, sentences ect

Hypophora

answering your own question

modality

The certainty which a speaker employs in their speech

zoomorphism

characterizes people, objects, places, and ideas with animal attributes

idiom

a form of expression natural to a language

assonance

repeated vowel sounds in nearby words

parenthesis

- sjdanf -

comparatives

bigger, stronger ect