Language Techniques-Recap Cliché Definition You
Description: Language Techniques-Recap Cliché Definition You may have heard someone say a cliché before Are a technique of expression People are able to get the gist of its meaning Example In the nick of time Lasted an eternity Frightened to death
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slide1. Language Techniques-Recap<br>
slide2. Cliché Definition You may have heard someone say a cliché before
Are a technique of expression
People are able to get the gist of its meaning Example In the nick of time
Lasted an eternity
Frightened to death
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed
All is well that ends well
Every cloud has a silver lining<br>
slide3. Colloquialism Definition Vary from region to region
Used in informal language Example To bamboozle
Wanna
Gonna
Y’all
Go nuts<br>
slide4. Emotive language Definition Relate to or refer to emotions
Adjectives and adverbs are often used Example I am very happy that you decided to come
Drink Coco-Cola, you’ll love it
This ghastly idea must be stopped
The girl was skipping joyfully<br>
slide5. Metaphor Definition Used to compare two like things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’
A metaphor is there to make an even stronger image in the reader's head by describing a place, subject or object as something unlikely Example He was a speeding bullet
A sea of trouble
Drowning in debt
The world is your oyster<br>
slide6. Rhetorical questions Definition Questions where an answer is not expected
Usually questions that make a responder think about a point, or question that is so obvious Example Does a fish have lips?
How am I supposed to live without you?
Are you for real?<br>
slide7. Simile Definition Figure of speech that makes a comparison
Shows similarities between two different things
Uses word “like” or “as” Example He is as funny as a monkey
Our soldiers are as brave as lions
Her cheeks are red like a rose
He is as cunning as a fox
John is as slow as a snail<br>
slide2. Cliché Definition You may have heard someone say a cliché before
Are a technique of expression
People are able to get the gist of its meaning Example In the nick of time
Lasted an eternity
Frightened to death
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed
All is well that ends well
Every cloud has a silver lining<br>
slide3. Colloquialism Definition Vary from region to region
Used in informal language Example To bamboozle
Wanna
Gonna
Y’all
Go nuts<br>
slide4. Emotive language Definition Relate to or refer to emotions
Adjectives and adverbs are often used Example I am very happy that you decided to come
Drink Coco-Cola, you’ll love it
This ghastly idea must be stopped
The girl was skipping joyfully<br>
slide5. Metaphor Definition Used to compare two like things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’
A metaphor is there to make an even stronger image in the reader's head by describing a place, subject or object as something unlikely Example He was a speeding bullet
A sea of trouble
Drowning in debt
The world is your oyster<br>
slide6. Rhetorical questions Definition Questions where an answer is not expected
Usually questions that make a responder think about a point, or question that is so obvious Example Does a fish have lips?
How am I supposed to live without you?
Are you for real?<br>
slide7. Simile Definition Figure of speech that makes a comparison
Shows similarities between two different things
Uses word “like” or “as” Example He is as funny as a monkey
Our soldiers are as brave as lions
Her cheeks are red like a rose
He is as cunning as a fox
John is as slow as a snail<br>