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repetition
repeating a word or phrase
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symbolism
giving something a symbolic reason, the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
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emotive language
deliberate language to evoke emotion
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synthetic personalisation
personalising
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hyperbole
exaggerated use of language, not to be taken literally
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inclusive pronouns
we, us, evoke sense of commonality
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semantic field
words that relate to a similar topic
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juxtaposition
contrasting ideas next to each other
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direct address
to the reader
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power of three
3 adjectives put together to sound more effective
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dialect/colloquial
use of language by specific people or group
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Syntactic Parallelism
reputation of clause or sentence to draw attention to a theme or idea
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suffix/prefix
end of a word/beginning of a word
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asyndetic/polysyndetic list
the use of no connectives in a list/ use of many connectives
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declarative
sentence stating a fact
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homophone
similar words with different meanings
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coordinating/subordinating conjunctions
and, or , but placed in between words/ conjunction introducing a new clause e.g. although
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Card 2

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giving something a symbolic reason, the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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symbolism

Card 3

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deliberate language to evoke emotion

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Card 4

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personalising

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Card 5

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exaggerated use of language, not to be taken literally

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