Allusion, An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or event., Cliche, A stereotyped expression. For example: "between a rock and a hard place" means a situation where one is faced with two difficult choices., Evaluative language, Seeks to persuade readers' attitudes either positively or negatively., Idiom, A group of fixed words having more meaning than their individual words. For example: 'I am over the moon', 'on thin ice', 'a fish out of water'., Metaphor, A strong comparison between two things where one takes on the characteristics of the other., Modality, Having to do with possibility, probability, obligation and permission. Modality can be high, medium or low., Symbolism, When something abstract is represented by something else., Colloquial language, Language used in familiar or everyday conversation., Connotation, An idea or feeling a word invokes in addition to its actual primary meaning. For example, 'childish' produces different feelings to 'childlike'., Alliteration, The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. For example: 'wild and woolly'., Pun, A joke that uses the different possible meanings of words. .

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