Command Words
To recognise and name something.
Identify
An outlook or a specific feeling about something that is expressed in what we say, do and wear.
Attitude
The features of language that support meaning (e.g. sentence structure, vocabulary, figurative language, framing, camera angles).
Language Features
Simile
A question that is asked to make a point, create dramatic effect or express an opinion rather than get an answer.
Rhetorical Question
To give a report of how something is done or something is like.
Describe
The environment in which a text is responded to or created.
Context
Understandings, thoughts, notions, opinions, views or beliefs.
Ideas
Metaphor
Factual data derived values and numerical proofs used to appeal to logic.
To break down a concept so someone else can comprehend it.
Explain
An accepted practice that has developed over time and is generally used and understood, e.g. specific elements belonging to a genre of text.
Convention
Language used to discuss language.
Metalanguage
The wind whistled through the trees.
Personification
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, clauses or lines.
Anaphora
Consider in detail for the purpose of finding meaning or relationships, and identifying patterns, similarities and differences.
Analyse
The categories into which texts are grouped, based on subject matter, form and structure.
Genre
The atmosphere or feeling in a particular text.
Mood
Pop!
Onomatopoeia
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or event, or another literary work that the audience is expected to recognise.
Allusion
Considering important factors and available evidence in making judgement about an issue or information that can be justified.
Evaluate
Matters of personal or public concern that are in dispute; things which affect a person or members of a society and are considered problems.
Issues
A position from which things may be viewed or considered; a viewpoint informed by one or more contexts.
Perspective
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
A detailed examination of a particular situation or event, often used to explore a specific problem or issue.