English Language Devices

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  • Created on: 04-06-17 16:08
What does alliteration mean?
Repetition of sounds at the start of words
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What does Tone do?
Generates feelings in the reader
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What do triplets/triads do?
Draw attention to a detail
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What do rhetorical questions do?
Emphasise a point
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What does assertive language do?
Make the writers point indisputable
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How do Hyperbole's create impact?
Using exaggeration
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Does alliteration repeat consonants or vowels?
Consonants
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Does Assonance repeat vowels or consonants?
Vowels
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What is an imperative verb?
A verb that gives instructions
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What is colloquial language?
Chatty language
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What is a simile?
A type of comparison (as)
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What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech
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What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech with two contradictory terms
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Define Denotation
What you can see
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Define connotation
What something means
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What is the audience?
Who the text is aimed at
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What does Tone do?

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Generates feelings in the reader

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What do triplets/triads do?

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Card 4

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What do rhetorical questions do?

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Card 5

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What does assertive language do?

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