Language Features
Words with a similar sound at the beginning
Alliteration
"You", "I", "Me"
Personal Pronouns
A question that does not need an answer.
Rhetorical Question
"Cool as a cucumber"
Simile
To signify the end of a thought.
Full stop
A word that has a sound.
Onomatopeia
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
Pun and Simile
Information in numerical form. To clarify information in a different manner.
Statistics
Metaphor
A word at the beginning of the root word such as 'co-'
Prefix
To repeat a word or phase which shows the importance of that word.
Repetition
"Raining cats and dogs"
Idioms
A paragraph in poetry
Stanza
Personification
A word at the end of the root word such as -able or -ing
Suffix
The feelings associated with a word
Connotations
"It was a rainy, stormy, cold day"
Listing
Language that is not in the dictionary. It gives a youthful/relatable feel to a piece of writing.
Colloquial language / slang
"Passed away"
Euphemism
a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
Synonym
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines
Anaphora
"I am dying to get to this English exam"
hyperbole
Two opposite ideas or concepts that are used to create emphasis
Juxtaposition
"Social Distancing"
Oxymoron
What two ways do you use an apostrophe?
Possessives and contractions