Techniques 1
A technique that describes the sense of sight.
Visual Imagery
A technique that describes the sense of smell.
Olfactory Imagery
A technique that describes the sense of touch.
Tactile Imagery
A technique that describes the sense of taste.
Gustatory Imagery
A technique that describes the sense of sound.
Auditory Imagery
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Alliteration
The repetition of vowel sounds in closely connected words. (usually within words, not at the start)
Assonance
Used to describe two things that are like each other using the words “like” or “as.”
Simile
Used to describe two things identical in comparison rather than just similar. Not literal.
Metaphor
When we assign the qualities of a person to something non-human to make it seem human.
Personification
A word that imitates the sound of things.
Onomatopoeia
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Repeating the same words or phrases to emphasise a point.
Repetition
Words or phrases that are used to evoke an emotional response from the reader.
Emotive Language
A very common and well-known phrase.
Cliche
When something is intended to have a particular result but has the opposite or a very different result.
Irony
A joke that plays on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound the same.
Pun
How a piece of writing feels to us when we read it.
Tone
The continuation of a sentence onto the next line without punctuation.
Enjambment
The use of images or symbols to represent ideas and add meaning.
Symbolism
Two things being placed close together to highlight their differences.
Juxtaposition
Giving human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.
Anthropomorphism
A figure of speech in which a part of something refers to the whole.
Synecdoche
When a word suggests something in addition to its ordinary meaning.
Connotation
The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines, phrases or verses.
Anaphora