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LANGUAGE FEATURES
LANGUAGE FEATURES
The term Language features encompasses Figurative language.
Language Features
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Language Features / Figurative Language
Alliteration
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
Alliteration
The repetition of CONSONANT sounds
AlliteratioN - ends with a consonant
Use this as a mnemonic, memory device
**I tend to teach alliteration with assonance
ASSONANCE
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
Alliteration
The repetition of VOWEL sounds
AssonancE - ends with a vowel
Use this as a mnemonic, memory device
**I tend to teach alliteration with assonance
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
The value of something either positive or negative
- Art may have sentimental, historical or financial value.
- Wilderness can have economic value as well as recreational value.
See source document :
METAPHOR
Extended Metaphor
Aesthetic & SOcial Value
Metaphors are a form of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
METAPHORICALLY / FIGURATIVELY
A metaphor is used to describe something or an action, without the direct/literal explanation
It's raining men (song lyrics) means that there are many men around, not that it is LITERALLY raining men.
HARRY POTTER:
Harry is a black sheep in this family.
WHAT IS LITERAL?
Today, I've noted teenagers use the word LITERALLY incorrectly.
"I LITERALLY sat down"
IF you did sit down, that IS literal, you do not need to add literally.
What if I don't understand what a metaphor is yet, but I do know what a simile is?
WHAT A METAPHOR IS NOT:
- It is not a simile because...
If you can't explain what a metaphor is, you can actually use your knowledge of similes to demonstrate an understanding of what you know it isn't
**I tend to teach metaphors and similes together for this
SIMILE
Extended Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Similes are a form of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Similes are used to describe describe a thing or an action by comparisons to something completely different.
He was as blind as a bat.
**I tend to teach metaphors and similes together for this reason
Extended Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Extended Metaphor
Extended metaphors are metaphors that are referred to again (utilised) again throughout a paragraph, chapter or whole text.
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
'But Soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief.'
The sun rises in the East. Shakespeare extended the concept of Juliet being the sun.
Language Features
SPOONERISM
SPOONERISM
SPOONERISM
Spoonerisms are named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Apparently he was prone to making mistakes.
Where the first letters of words within a sentence are mixed/muddled
EXAMPLES:
I'm shout of the hour
(I'm out of the shower)
Nicking your pose
(Picking your nose)
You have very mad banners
(You have very bad manners.)
Anaphora
SPOONERISM
SPOONERISM
The repetition of words or phrase at the beginning of consecutive (one after the other) sentences (clauses)
TWO or more times
If you look at Winston Churchill's speech from WWII
(see winstonchurchill.org for the full speech)
We shall fight...
is used as a form of repetition to aid the impact of persuasion through emphasis
N.B.
Some examples of ANAPHORA can also be TRICOLONS
You may call this: rule of three (repeating at least 3 times)
Tri = three
In some instances (as just mentioned) the use of the term
"RULE OF THREE" may be utilised for ANAPHORA & TRICOLONS...
However, the correct term for rule of three is TRIcolon
Hyperbole
SPOONERISM
Hyperbole
I always note how this is a definite TEENAGERS 'thing'!
Over exaggeration!
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
I'm SOOOOO bored.
CONTRAST
Understatement
Hyperbole
"the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association " (online dictionary)
When you compare and CONTRAST, you look at the similarities and DIFFERENCES.
JUXTAPOSITION
Understatement
Understatement
Juxtaposing is when two directly or indirectly related entities are placed close together in texts to show contrasts.
Juxtaposition is a great tool when communicating through photography.
You can find more about juxtaposition and music, literature and photography for yourself (texts).
Juxtaposition may highlight the contrast between elements.
Understatement
Understatement
Understatement
An understatement for parents may be someone saying:
"Teenagers tend to exaggerate"
After a storm, someone noting:
"We had a bit of rain."
Language Features
Descriptive Language
Descriptive Language
Descriptive Language
Pun
PERSONIFICATION
Colloquial
Have you ever heard someone say,
"Pardon the pun!"
Puns are a 'play on words'
Where do polar bears vote? The North Poll.
PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
Personification is a tool that authors use to create characters from inanimate objects, such as:
- M&Ms
- Muppets
- Fraggle Rock
- The Meekats on the insurance ads
- Charlotte - Charlottes Web
Point of View
PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
1st Person - Personal perspective
2nd Person - you are told what to do
- Manuals, recipes
3rd Person
- Omniscient - all knowing
- Limited Omniscient
Have a look at PRONOUNS to see how you can change perspective from 1st to 3rd
Language Features
Language Features
Evaluative Language
EVOCATIVE LANGUAGE
EVOCATIVE LANGUAGE
Evaluative Language
EVOCATIVE LANGUAGE
To EVOKE an emotion
- Humour
- Pity
etc.
Evaluative Language
Evaluative Language
Evaluative Language
Language that allows the reader to evaluate a character or thing - negative or positive .
It may be used to recognise and or construct bias
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Evaluative Language
Oxymoron is placing two opposing /contradictory
adjective proceeded by noun e.g.:
- living dead
- Cruel kindness
- minor crisis
- pretty ugly
- bitter sweet
- original copies
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia
In children's books, onomatopoeia is a great deal easier to recognise.
You will still find onomatopoeia in texts as they become more advanced; however, they become more difficult to recognise (if you don't fully understand what they are).
- "The bullet sang past his ear. "
- The ROAR of the crowd
- The wind whispered (this is also personification because the wind isn't human and therefore doesn't whisper)
A fun poem that works with Onomatopoeia is Spike Milligan's:
REPETITION
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia
Repetition can make your work catchy.
Alliteration and assonance, anaphora also use repetition...all of these also utilise repetition!