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Language Techniques KS4

This document provides a list of persuasive and descriptive language techniques. Persuasive techniques include alliteration, facts, opinions, rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, and tripling. Descriptive techniques involve alliteration, personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy, contrast, imagery, onomatopoeia, slang, dialogue, repetition, comparatives, superlatives, irony, oxymoron, euphemism, semantic field, foreshadowing, puns, and clichés. Each technique is briefly defined.

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Language Techniques KS4

This document provides a list of persuasive and descriptive language techniques. Persuasive techniques include alliteration, facts, opinions, rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, and tripling. Descriptive techniques involve alliteration, personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy, contrast, imagery, onomatopoeia, slang, dialogue, repetition, comparatives, superlatives, irony, oxymoron, euphemism, semantic field, foreshadowing, puns, and clichés. Each technique is briefly defined.

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Language Techniques Helpsheet.

Persuasive Language Techniques: AFOREST

Alliteration
Facts
Opinions
Rhetorical question
Emotive language
Statistics
Tripling

Descriptive (narrative) Language Techniques:

Alliteration The repetition of sounds at the beginning of Kicking cat


words near to each other. Dazzling diamonds
Personification Attributing human characteristics/emotions to The chair groaned
lifeless objects or things.
Metaphor A direct comparison between two things without My sister is a pig when she eats
using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Simile A direct comparison between two things using My sister is like a pig when she eats
‘like’ or ‘as’.
Hyperbole Exaggerated description. I’m absolutely famished
Juxtaposition Interesting placement of words or ideas near to It’s a blessing and a curse.
one another to create an effect.
Pathetic fallacy The weather reflecting the mood of the The rain poured down all around them as they
characters. mourned at the funeral
Contrast Two ideas or concepts that seem to clash or be It was the best of times and the worst of times
opposite to one another.
Imagery Creating a visual description to help the reader Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the
imagine the setting/character/action. feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric,
almost like flying without wings
Onomatopoeia When a word creates the sound it is describing. Bang / howled / splash
Slang/colloquial Casual, informal language that might be used in Alright old buddy old pal?
conversation.
Dialogue Speech in a story, indicated by speech marks. “How’re you?”
Repetition Repeating an idea, symbol, word or phrase Hello, hello, hello…
throughout a piece of writing. Repeating an idea,
symbol, word or phrase throughout a piece of
writing.
Comparatives Words that make a comparison, ending in –er. Faster
Superlatives Words that suggest an absolute comparison, Fastest
ending in –est.
Irony When you expect something to turn out one When a tiny dog is named ‘Giant’.
way but it turns out a different way.
Oxymoron Two directly opposite words/concepts next to Deafening silence
eachother.
Euphemism Using a different word or phrase to make Death = pushing up the daisies / popped their clogs
something sound nicer/more appropriate.
Semantic field A group of words that relate to the same theme Celebration = party / balloons / cake / dancing
or tone.
Foreshadowing When the writer adds in clues that hint to the The banana lay on the floor right in the teacher’s
reader about something later in the text. path…
Puns When a word has more than one meaning and The teacher had to wear glasses because they
this double meaning is used to create a couldn’t control their pupils.
humorous effect.
Cliché A phrase that has been used time and again that It’s raining cats and dogs
makes is unoriginal.

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