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English Revision
English revision for my exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The initial sounds of words in a sequence are the same |
| Commands | The writer tells the reader what to do |
| Accounts | A experience or memory of someone who has been involved in in the topic |
| Statistics | Figures or percentages that make the writer sound like they are being backup by research |
| Facts | A statement believed to be true and based on research and experience |
| Quoting from expert | The views of people who are familiar with or experienced the topic |
| Direct address | The use of pronouns to make the reader feel included |
| Emotive language | A choice of words used to appeal to the heart |
| Personal experience | The writer adds their own story about what happened to them relating to the topic |
| Hyperbole | Used to exaggerate a point or make a issue or topic sound more urgent and important than it is |
| Intensifiers | A adverbial in nature to make the point or topic sound more impressive. |
| Repetition | when a word or phrase is repeated and strengthens the writers argument |
| Slogan | Sayings that can often be repeated |
| Simile | A direct comparison using words like 'as' or 'like' to help create a picture in the readers mind |
| Superlatives | Top form of comparatives showing that something is highest or best |
| Tripling | When a writer uses three words together, either in a list or repeating the same word |
| Rhetorical question | A question in which the answer is obvious and expected |
| Metaphor | Describing something as if it is something else or showing comparison of features and is not meant literally |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to a inanimate object |
| Bullet point | Making a list of something |
| Image | Using a image or saying 'imagen' to gather sympathy or empathy |
| Idiom | A phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to a phrase. |
| Bold writing | To give emphasis to a phrase or writing |
| Imperative verb | Words that express actions |
| Ellipsis | Three dots that are at the end of a sentence or writing to give suspense |
| Reward | To give a reason why the person should be doing this |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech that places concepts with different meaning within a word or phrase that is self-contradicting |
| Onomatopoeia | A word from a sound that is associated with what it is named |
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M.Price
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