Language features & literary devices (Assessment 1 review)

the use of exaggeration to create an effect

• hyperbole

• stance

• alliteration

• allusion

when something is referred to indirectly

• hyperbole

• repetition

• metaphor

• allusion

two things being placed close together with contrasting effect

• stance

• alliteration

• repetition

• juxtaposition

the attitude of a person towards something

• stance

• alliteration

• repetition

• juxtaposition

occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• stance

• alliteration

• repetition

• juxtaposition

saying something again that has already been said or written to create a stronger effect

• stance

• alliteration

• repetition

• juxtaposition

question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• obvious question

• indirect question

• rhetorical question

• reasonable question

the mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel

• theme

• purpose

• allusion

• tone

the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work

• theme

• purpose

• allusion

• tone

the use of words in a non-literal way in order to convey a complicated meaning, colourful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison

• theme

• figurative language

• allusion

• tone