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Helps make the audience think in a way that agrees with your point
Rhetorical Question - Reason
Same vowel sounds
Assonance - Definition
Giving a non-person
thing person-like qualities
Personification - Definition
Comparing two different
things using “like” or “as”.
______ is like _______
Simile - Definition
Comparing two things using "is"
Metaphor - Definition
“My heart's a stereo, it beats for you, so listen close”
Metaphor - Example
“Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing”
shooting for the stars = aim high, have goals
make a killing = earn a lot of money
Idiom - Examples
“What becomes of the broken-hearted?”
Rhetorical Question - Example
“I been tryna call, I been on my own for long enough”
Slang - Example
“It's okay not to be okay
It's okay not to be okay
When you're down and you feel ashamed
It's okay not to be okay”
Repetition - Example
Informal, casual, community language
Slang - Definition
The normal word order is changed or reversed.
Inversion - Definition
“Now I'm feelin' so fly like a G6”
A G6 is a type of plane
Simile - Example
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
Alliteration - Example
This is usually in order to place emphasis (importance) on a particular word.
Inversion - Reason
Starts with same consonants
Alliteration - Definition
When words or lines are repeated
Repetition - Definition
“I stay out too late, got nothin' in my brain,”
Assonance - Example
“New York, New York! I want to wake up in a city that doesn’t sleep”
Personification - Example
Used for a shared language & identity
Slang - Reason
Same ending sound
Rhyme - Definition
Used to be more descriptive and interesting, to show emotion and sometimes humour
Personification - Reason
“Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be, And don't it make you sad about it, Cry me a river, Cry me a river.”
Hyperbole - Example
Happy, I was.
Inversion - Example
Used emphasise a message – it can be used to shock, or for humour.
Hyperbole - Reason
Exaggerating, having a very extreme meaning
Hyperbole - Definition
“Look out 'cause here I come, and I'm marching on to the beat I drum”
Rhyme - Example
“Tik Tok on the clock but the party don’t stop no, woooooahhh.”
Onomatopoeia - Example
This shows the audience when words or ideas are important.
It is catchy, memorable and easy for the audience to join in.
Repetition - Reason
They’re more creative and advanced, and are artistic
Idiom - Reason
A group of words with a separate, different meaning
Idioms - Definition
Can add action, excitement and interest and make writing more alive
Onomatopoeia - Reason
A question to make the audience think
Rhetorical Question - Definition
“I thoroughly hate loving you.”
Oxymoron - Example
Used to show irony, humour or sadness.
Oxymoron - Definition