Cheatography
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YEAR 9 - I Lower Secondary Curriculum *qualification*-
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Descriptive language is used to help the reader feel almost as if they are a part of the scene or event being described. The description is useful because it helps readers engage with the story ,often creating an emotional response. It can help a reader visualize what a character or a place is like |
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TECHNIQUES ,EFFECTS & EXAMPLES
Simile |
is a descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'. |
The trees stood as tall as towers. |
Metaphor |
is a descriptive technique that names a person, thing, or action as something else. |
The circus was a magnet for the children. |
Hyperbole |
is use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect |
The sun scorched through the day. |
Personification |
is a metaphor attributing human feelings to an object. |
The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day. |
Pathetic fallacy |
a type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather |
The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened |
Onomatopoeia |
words that sound a little like they mean |
The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crushed underfoot |
Oxymoron |
a phrase combining two or more contradictory terms |
There was a deafening silence |
Emotive language |
language intended to create an emotional response |
A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them |
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