Language Devices 2
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- Created on: 09-12-14 10:50
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- Language Devices 2
- Rhetorical Questions
- These are questions used simply to empahsise a point
- Help make a point in a mmore powerful and emotional way
- These are questions used simply to empahsise a point
- Triplets
- Can be used to emphasise or draw attention to detail
- Alliteration
- Repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words which are beside eachother make point more memorbale
- Hyperbole
- Use of exaggeration to create impact
- Can be persuasive and make normal events extraordinary
- Use of exaggeration to create impact
- Assertive Language
- Using a forceful or confident language makes the writer's point seem indisputable
- Also makes an opinion sound like a widespread belief
- Using a forceful or confident language makes the writer's point seem indisputable
- Assonance
- Repitition of vowel sounds for the same effect as alliteration
- Using experts
- Adds credibility to what the writer is saying and can make opinion sound like a fact
- Quotations
- Add evidence from expert sources and provide support and create added authority
- Humour
- Lightens the mood, establishes a closer connection with the audience and adds variety to maintain interest
- Tone
- Adapted by writer and can generate feelings in reader. Using emotional words
- Rhetorical Questions
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