GCSE English devices

A simile is a descriptive teqnique usally using 'as' or 'like' 

eg/ the trees stood as tall as towers 

Methaphor, a descriptive teqniqe that describes a person, a thing or an object as something else. 

eg/ the floor boards groaned

A use of exaggeration, for a rhetorical effect.

eg/ the sun scorched throughout the day 

Personification, a methaphor describing human feelings to an object 

eg, the sun smiled at the hills, ready for the day ahead. 

Pathetic fallacy, a type of personification, where emotions are given to a setting, object or the weather. 

Onomatopoia, words that sound like they mean. 

eg, the twigs crunched beneath my feet. 

Oxymoron, a phase combining t

wo or more contradictory terms. 

eg, there was a deafing silence 

Emotive Language, lanaguage that creates an emotional responce. 

eg, a heartbreaking aroma of death filled the air. 

Emotive Language, lanaguage that creates an emotional responce. 

eg, a heartbreaking aroma of death filled the air. 

complimenting your auidence. 

eg, a person like you deserves so much better than you. 

Your personal veiw point. 

eg, i think we should all be plastic free. 

EXARGERATED use of language such as, 

it is so stunning, its simply out of this world. 

such as 'i' 'we' 'you' 

imperative command, instructional langauge

eg, 'get on board, and join us' 

Triples, three points to support an argument. 

Safer streets means comfort, reassurance and peace of mind for you, your family and your friends.

Factual data used in a perswasive way 

Rhetorical question, a question that implies its own answer.