Emotive Language - Language used to make the reader feel a certain emotion, Simile - Comparing something to another thing using 'like' or 'as', Metaphors - Directly comparing something to something else, not using 'like' or 'as', Onomatopoeia - When a word sounds like the noise it describes, Alliteration - When the same beginning letter or sound is repeated for several words, Personification - When a non-human object is given human characteristics, Zoomorphism - When something that is not an animal is described in an animalistic way, Hyperbole - When something is exaggerated, Anthropomorphism - When a non human object is given human emotions, Nomenclature - When a character has a name that suits them as a person, Synecdoche - When a character has a nickname that suits part of them, Juxtaposition - two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect., Oxymoron - Two opposite words next to each other - e.g. living dead, Semantic Field - A group of words with similar connotations e.g. semantic field of war, Tri-colon climax - When you give three examples that get 'bigger', Pathetic Fallacy - Where weather is used to give tone to a text, Imagery - Where the writing is visually descriptive to create an image for the reader. , Adynaton - Extreme version of hyperbole, Tri-colon anticlimax - When you give three examples that get 'smaller', Sibilance - A repeated 's' sound,

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