Definitions
Provide a definition for Simile
Using words "like" or "as" to make a connection between two things.
Provide an example of a simile
My dog is as cuddly as a bear
Write a definition for Emotive Words
Words that invoke deep feelings of fear, anger, hatred, sadness, pity or joy in an audience.
Write an example for Emotive Language
The dark clouds covered the sky in a scary blackness. We stood shaking.
Provide a definition for Inclusive Rhetoric
'Who is in?' Uses words such as 'us', 'we', 'friends' to include people.
Provide an example for Inclusive Rhetoric
We must do something to make a change!
Provide a definition for Rhetorical Question
Asking a question with an obvious answer, or where no answer is needed. Helps to make the audience think.
Provide an example for Rhetorical Question
Why aren't you listening?
Provide a definition for onomatopeia
Using sounds that sound like the word - crash, bang, smash.
Provide an example for onomatopeaia
The keys clattered onto the floor.
Provide a definition for Humour
Includes ridicule, irony, satire, mockery and parody.
Provide an example for Humour
What did the duck say when the waiter gave him the check?
Put it on my bill.
Provide a definition for Hyperbole
An exaggeration.
Provide an example for Hyperbole
He ate as much as a hippo!
Provide an example for Repetition
Repeating specific words, phrases, arguments or evidence.
Provide an example for Repetition
The giant dog looked at the giant bowl of food, and opened their giant mouth to devour it.
Write a definition for cause and effect
Specific actions lead to desirable or undesirable outcomes.
Write an example for cause and effect
Because we are superstars, we going to play some games.
Write a definition for speculative
Using a logical understanding of 'what is' already happening, to imagine 'what if?'
Write an example for speculative
What if we were all to complete our work? We might learn some things.