Language Techniques 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishLearn language techniquesAll LevelsAQA Created by: Davidabbe27Created on: 25-10-16 16:00 Colloquial Ordinary conversational english rather than formal speech or writing. Audience relates to text as the mood is relaxed and free flowing. 1 of 29 Formal Creates a serious and informative mood. correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms. 2 of 29 Irony Language used to convey insults or scorn 3 of 29 Form Shape of writing 4 of 29 Style Combined effects of all techniques used 5 of 29 Imperative Order to do something 6 of 29 Superlative The best, The worst 7 of 29 Comparative Compares two things or two groups 8 of 29 Inversion Switching order of words to give a different sound 9 of 29 Parallel Structure The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures. e.g. He Came. He Saw. He Conqured. 10 of 29 Incomplete Sentence Sentence with no meaning 11 of 29 Minor Sentence Incomplete sentence which can be understood 12 of 29 Rhetorical Questions Questions that aren't to be awnsered 13 of 29 Puns Play on words, double meaning. eg, I'd tell you a chemistry joke but I know I wouldn't get a reaction. 14 of 29 Metaphor describe one thing as if it were something else 15 of 29 Similies Compares two different things using like or as 16 of 29 Sibilance A type of alliteration in which the "s" sound is repeated. 17 of 29 Rhyme Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines. Internal rhyme occours within a line of a verse. 18 of 29 Assonance Repeated vowel sound. Sets mood, often subconsiously 19 of 29 Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds 20 of 29 Onomatopea Words that imitate the sound e.g. plop pow zoom 21 of 29 Contraction Indicates formality e.g. can't, won't. 22 of 29 Pronouns Tells us who is telling - 1st or 3rd person. 23 of 29 Adverbs describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb 24 of 29 Adjectives Words that describe nouns or pronouns. 25 of 29 Verbs Doing words, increases the sense of the pace of text. 26 of 29 Nouns People, Places or Thing 27 of 29 Connotations All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests. Can be positive or negative. 28 of 29 Archaic words Words no longer used. 29 of 29
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