English Language Features Ncea Level 1

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Adjectives

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Describing words

-carry connotations and used to BUILD AN IMAGE IN THE READERS MIND.

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison of something to another. Says one thing is another.

-Can VISUALISE OBJECT CLEARLY due to the comparison

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to a non-human thing

-BRINGS THE OBJECT TO LIFE

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

-STRESSED FOR EFFECT and adds to the mood/tone

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Simile

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A comparison using LIKE or AS

-IMAGE OF THE OBJECT IS HEIGHTENED

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Pun

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using the fact that some phrases/words can be interpreted in two ways for humour or witty effect

-IDEA/IMAGE IS HUMOURS/MEMORABLE through the PLAY ON WORDS

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Alliteration

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when the same consonant sound links two or more words

-SOUND CREATED REINFORCES image/idea being CONVEYED

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Assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds across two or more words e.g no hope

-SOUND CREATED REINFORCES image/idea being CONVEYED

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Onomatopoeia

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use of he words which create the sound of the action

- sound of the word suggest the action

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Rhyme

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repetition of final sounds in the final one or two syllables

- Rhyme places stress/emphasis on particular words for effect

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Rhythm

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The beat of the words caused by the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

- the MOVEMENT OF THE LINE REINFORCES THE IDEAS/IMAGES OF THE POEM

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Rhetorical Questions

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Question that so not expect a reply make the audience feel more involved and consider the idea more

- requires the reader to question their opinion

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Tone

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the mood/attitude of the writing. Personal, formal?

- INFLUENCES THE WAY A READER FEELS ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER OR CHARACTERS

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Cliché

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dull expression that has lost originality and humour due to constant use

- a familiar group of words to the reader and therefore understandable

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Emotive Language

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Words aimed at stirring emotion

- INFLUENCES THE WAY A READER FEELS about a subject or character

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colloquialism

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Informal, everyday language

- writer or speaker is seen to be casual and laid-back.

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Imagery

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Descriptive/ figurative use of language that create a picture in the mind of the reader

- helps the reader to better visualised images/feelings

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Irony

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the opposite of what you mean

- can be HUMOUROUS

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Slang

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casual spoken language used by a particular group

-Expresses a mood/attitude for that group

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Repetition

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Using a word or phrase more than once in a text for effect

- idea/message emphasised by writer