Metaphor - Compares two things, Simile - Uses like or as to compare two things, Juxtaposition - Similar to contrast (opposites), this technique places two opposites side by side. EG: Bitter sweet or Shrek and Donkey , Irony - Someone with a disability being the most able in a police force, Rhetorical Question - Doesn't need an answer. Great to hook audiences, Alliteration - EG: Shocking Sherlock shifts public views, First person language - I, we, our: makes the audience feel involved and a part of it, Emotive Language - A form of modailty: EG: Engaging, thrilling, and highly entertain, the episode is a MUST watch, Montage - A technique where a series of separate images, moving or still, are edited together to create a continuous sequence, Close up - shows emotions in a face for example, Animation - Editing techniques to add information in for the audience: Eg: text popping up on screen, Play on words - Using common phrases in a clever way, pun - Uses a word with multiple meanings. Often "punny", foreshadowing - provides hints at what is to come, flashback - A device used to interrupt the flow of the plot and show readers/viewers an event that happened previously., Extreme close up - Highlights specific details to the audience,

Language and Visual Techniques Revision Year 10

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