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| Comparison between two things using like or as. "she was like a fox. she is as beautiful as a star" |
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| Technique which give non living things, living characteristics. "My desk sighed under the weight of my homework." |
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A sentance without using a verb, gives writing effect and variation
"A massive house." |
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| Where words or phrases are repeated. |
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| The formation of a word from an associated sound. The word creates the sound of an action. Bang, crash, biin |
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an expression that plays on the meanings of the same words. often used with the phrase no pun intended.
"A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat." |
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A question which does not require an answer
"Is the Pope Catholic? Do bears live in the woods?" |
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| the repetition of constant sounds, usually at the beginning of words. "Briar bought a blue beach ball" |
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| Dialogue or lingo that is related to a particular group of people. "she bossed it" |
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| Conversational language that is informal but it is understood by everyone. "yep sweet as" |
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| Language that is used for writing purposes and assessments. |
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| Comparison of two things saying one is the other. "she is a star, she is the sun" |
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| Is a vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. creates a picture in the readers head. |
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| How a writer presents and reveals a character. "through their dress, actions, speech and manner" |
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| Writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of the word. "he broke my heart." |
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| the use f phrases and wording which creates an emotional response from the reader. "love, loss, suffering." |
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| A writer's attitude toward subject, audience, and self. |
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| A message or an idea in a text. the reader can usually learn or link it to todays society. |
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| Where a text, often a poem includes words that rhyme. Used for effect. |
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The point of w=view from which the story is narrated.
She went down the road - 3rd Person
I went down the road - 1st person
you went down the road- 2nd person (rare) |
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| A figure of speech involving exaggeration. "Iseem to spend millions and millions of hours doing homewrk" |
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| A word that explains how or when an action is performed. "She dances gracefully." |
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| A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), |
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| •A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they. |
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