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Analogy
A comparison to show how one thing is similar to another, which makes it easier to understand or more memorable.
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Antithesis
A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are presented together to show a contrast. Memorable.
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Biased writing
Gives more support to one point of view than to another, due to the writer's own opinion affecting the way they write.
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Broadsheet
A more formal type of of newspaper, which often focuses on more serious topics.
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Chronological writing
Presented in time order, from earliest to latest,
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Cinematic writing
Writing that makes the reader feel like they're watching a film.
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Clause
Part of a sentence that has a subject and a verb. Main clauses make sense on their own,
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Colloquial language
Informal language that sounds like ordinary speech.
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Commentary (newspaper article)
A type of newspaper article that expresses the opinions of the writer on theme or news event. Also called a column or opinion piece.
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Complex sentence
A sentence that links together two or more clauses.
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Compound sentence
Two main clauses joined to make one sentence using a conduction such as "but, "and" or "so".
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Direct address
When a rider talks straight to the reader. Grabs attention.
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Double negative
A sentence construction that incorrectly expresses a negative idea by using two negative words or phrases. "i don't want no trouble"
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Empathy
The ability to imagine and understand someone else's feelings or experiences.
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Exclamations
A sentence that conveys strong emotions, usually ending with an exclamation mark.
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Explicit information
Information that's directly stated in a text.
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Figurative language
Language that is used in a non-literal way to create an effect, e.g personification.
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Frame narrative
A narrative in which one story is presented within another.
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Generalisation
A statement that gives an overall impressions (sometimes a misleading one), without going into detail. E.g "children today eat too much junk food."
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Hyberbole
When exaggeration is used to have an effect on the reader.
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Imagery
A type of figurative language that creates a picture in your mind.
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Impersonal tone
A tone of writing that doesn't try to directly engage with the reader.
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Implicit information
Information that's hinted at without being said outright.
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Inference
A conclusion reached about coming, based on evidence. E.g. from the sentence "Yasmin wrinkled her nose at the lasagne", you could infer that she doesn't like lasagne.
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Intensifier
A word that is used alongside an adjective to provide emphasis, e.g. "very friendly".
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Inversion
Altering the normal word order for emphasis, e.g "on the table sat a hedgehog"
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Limited narrator
A narrator who only has partial knowledge about the events or characters in a story.
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Linear structure
A type of narrative structure that tells the events of a story in chronological order.
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Linguistic devices
Language techniques that are used to have an effect on an audience, e.g onomatopoeia.
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Motif
A recurring image or idea in a text.
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Narrative
Writing that tells a story or describes an experience.
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Narrative viewpoint
The perspective that a text is written from, e.g. first person point of view.
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Non-linear structure
A type of narrative structure that tells the events of a story in a non-chronological order.
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Objective writing
A neutral unbiased style of writing which contains facts rather than opinions.
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Omniscient narrator
A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a narrative.
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Pace
The speed at which the writer takes the reader through the events in a story.
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Paraphrase
Describing or paraphrasing something in a text without including a direct quote.
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Parenthesis
A rhetorical technique where an extra clause or phrase is inserted into a complete sentence.
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Possessive determiner
A determiner such as 'you' or 'my' that tells you who something belongs to.
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Anthropomorphism
Also refers to the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human, however it is distinct from personification in that the anthropomorphised non-humans are actually presented as behaving as though they are human beings.
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Possessive pronoun
A pronoun such as 'yours' or 'mine' that tells you who something belongs to.
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Pronoun
A word that can take the place of a noun in a sentence, e.g 'he', 'she', 'it'.
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Register
The specific language used to match writing to the social situation that it's for.
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Assonance
Repetition of view sounds for significance of words used and makes a point.
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Rhetoric
Using language techniques (e.g. repetition or hyperbole) to achieve a persuasive effect.
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Satire
A style of text that makes fun out of people or situations, often by imitating them and exaggerating their flaws.
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Second person
A narrative viewpoint that is written as if the reader is one of the characters.
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Sensory language
Language that appeals to the five senses.
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Simple sentence
Sentence made up of a single main clause.
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Slang
Words or phrases that are informal, and often specific to one age group or social group.
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Standard English
English that is considered to be correct because its uses formal, standardised features of spelling and grammar.
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Statement
A type of sentence that is used to deliver information.
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Style
The way in which a text is written, e.g. the type of language, sentence forms and structure used.
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Tabloid
A less formal type of newspaper, which often focuses on more sensational topics.
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Third person
A narrative viewpoint where the narrator remains outside the events of the story, written using word like 'he' and 'she'.
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Tone
The mood or feeling of a piece of writing.
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Ambiguity
Where a word or phrase has two or more possible meanings
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Ballad
A form of poetry that tells a story and can often be set to music
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Elegy
A poem written to mourn the death of someone.
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Free verse
Poetry that doesn't rhyme and has no regular rhythm.
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Iambic Pentameter
Poetry with a metre of ten syllables - five of them stressed, and five unstressed. The stress falls on every second syllable, e.g. "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why".
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Persona
A fictional character or identity adopted by a poet. Poets often create a persona so they can describe things from a different person's point of view, e.g. a male poet might use a female persona
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A rhetorical technique where opposing words or ideas are presented together to show a contrast. Memorable.

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Antithesis

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Gives more support to one point of view than to another, due to the writer's own opinion affecting the way they write.

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A more formal type of of newspaper, which often focuses on more serious topics.

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Presented in time order, from earliest to latest,

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