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English LF
Language Features
| Term | Definition | Example | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antithesis | A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect. | In Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are two opposite ideas are put together. | To emphasise difference. |
| Metaphor (Figurative Language Feature) | A direct comparison between two unlike things. One thing is often described as if it is something else. | “...Juliet is the sun!” | This compares one thing with another allowing us to visualise the image more vividly. |
| Extended metaphor (Figurative Language Feature) | A metaphor that extends through some or all of a piece of writing. | “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief.” | By extending the metaphor the writer is able to more fully develop the comparison being made. |
| Hyperbole (Figurative Language Feature) | Exaggeration used for dramatic effect. | I’ve got a mountain of homework. I could kill for a coffee. I’ve told you a million times. | Allows an idea to be stressed for effect. Can add humour and emphasise mood/tone. |
| Personification (Figurative Language Feature) | When non-human things are given human qualities. | The wind had the smell of storm on its breath. The door moaned as it opened. | The object is portrayed as being alive with a life and energy of its own which can make it seem more powerful. |
| Simile (Figurative Language Feature) | Compares two very different things using the words “like” or “as”. | She was like the sun. It was as black as night in the cave. | Increases the reader’s understanding of something by comparing it to something else. Creates vivid imagery. |
| Onomatopoeia (Aural Language Feature) | Words that sound like noise they are describing. | Creak, whine, hiss, clang, drip. | Appeals to the reader’s sense of hearing, making him/her feel as if she is there hearing is for him/herself. Creates immediacy. |
| Alliteration (Aural Language Feature) | The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words to create a sound echo. | A black-backed gull bent like an iron bar into the wind. Rapid rattle. | Links and emphasised important ideas/images. Appeals to our sense of hearing by creating a sound that reinforced the idea/image. Helps the reader visualise an image by affecting the flow of words. Also used for memorability. |
| Sibilance (Aural Language Feature) | The repetition of ‘s’ sounds for effect. | The snake slid silently through the Sahara desert. | Creates a soft, hissing sound. |
| Assonance (Aural Language Feature) | The repetition of vowel sounds for effect. | He climbed high, singing wildly, clinging to the rock face, alive at last. Blown roses. I arise from dreams of thee/ In the first sweet sleep of night. | The sound created reinforces the image/idea. Can create a musical effect, which intensifies mood or imagery. |
| Rhyme (Aural Language Feature) | The repetition of identical or similar sounds usually at the end of lines. | I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them, Sam I am. | Rhyming words are linked and emphasised. |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known text or person. | (He’s as sad as Eeyore) | |
| Analyse | To read for inference and explain the deeper meaning that might not be obvious the first time. | ||
| Anecdote | A short story, usually personal, told to make a point more clearly. | ||
| Annotate | To use highlighters and pens on a piece of text to note important elements of language use and structure, looking for ways that these relate to each other and develop ideas. | ||
| Antagonist | The ‘bad’ character who opposes the protagonist and causes problems for them. | (The Joker in The Batman films) | |
| Diction Choice | The words/vocabulary that authors have chosen to use. | ||
| Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | ||
| Symbolism (Figurative Language Feature) | Use of an object (concrete noun) to represent some emotion or belief system or other abstract noun. | Simple symbols are widely accepted, eg. heart / love, dove with an olive branch / peace. Others are more complex and individual to an author / character, e.g. neon lights / urban sophistication | author can use a symbol so audiences understand the emotions in object without description everytime the objects used.Provides reader with visual (actual/mental) aide,something that conjures up certain memories and/or emotions/qualities when object's seen |
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