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Sweet as. Yeah nah. Cuzzy.
Colloquial language. Everyday language used by people of a certain region.
I said, no no no!
Repetition.
Repeating the same word or sentence over and over again deliberately.
Alliteration
Repetition of the first letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
EG: Sue sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Sensory imagery
Creates a clearer picture; creates a specific mood or atmosphere; represents aspects of a character etc
EG: The winter sky turned the colour of steel.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Parallel Structure/Parallelism.
Creating ideas through the use of similar statements in a structurally similar way.
Hiss. Buzz. Chip. Pow.
Onomatopoeia. A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
Symbol
Represents an idea
EG: Doves are a symbol of peace
Metaphor
Creates images that are easier to understand and respond to than literal language.
Life is like a box of chocolate.
Simile. A comparison between two things using like or as.
The sun kissed my cheeks.
Personification. Giving an inanimate object human characteristics or traits.
Rhetorical question
A figure of speech asked to make a point, create dramatic effect, or express an opinion rather than to get a direct answer.
Assonance
Creates a sense of rhythm.
EG: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
How could I be so stupid?
Rhetorical question. A question asked where the answer is obvious or implied.
Proud, confident, arrogant, egotistical
Connotation. The associations words have in our minds
Metaphor
A direct comparison of two unlike things.
EG: My body is a temple
Repetition
Emphasises or reinforces a message. Gets a message/idea stuck in the audience’s head.
I've told you a million times to stop exaggerating.
Hyperbole. An overrexaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously.
Go slow over the road
Assonance. The repetition of vowel sounds in words near to each other.
Pun
The deliberate play on the double-meaning of some words and phrases.
Eg: the bike can't stand up on its own because it's two tired
Listing
Emphasises the extent of something, such as how many jobs there are to do.
Eg: "The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats..." — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit