Language Features
Alliteration
Words with a similar sound at the beginning
"You", "I", "Me"
Personal Pronouns
A question that does not need an answer.
"Cool as a cucumber"
Simile
Full Stop
To create a pause
Onomatopeia
A word that has a sound.
"NCEA", "credits", "Achieved"
Jargon words associated with job
Statistics
Information in numerical form. To clarify information in a different manner.
"A cool cucumber"
Metaphor or Alliteration
Dash
To interrupt the sentence and is used in an informal manner
Repetition
To repeat a word or phase which shows the importance of that word.
"Raining cats and dogs"
Idioms
Expert Opinion
Bring in another viewpoint to emphasise the reliability of the source
Personification
Exclamation mark
Adds emotion to a sentence or a word
Connotation
A feeling associated with a word
"It was a rainy, stormy, cold day"
Rule of three
Slang
"Passed away"
Euphenism
Adds not so necessary information within a sentence.
Animal Imagery
"I am dying to get to this English exam"
hyperbole
Imagery
Words that help to build an image or paint a picture in your mind
"Social Distancing"
Oxymoron
Ellipses
To add a 'to be continued' emphasis