NCEA Unfamiliar Text

a question asked for an effect, not actually requiring an answer

An over-exaggeration

A direct comparison for effect

A comparison using like or as

A play on words based on a word that has one sound but two meanings

A command prompting an action.

Language used to manipulate the way an audience feels

A sentence or phrase taken from a well-known source. Used due to familiarity purposes.

Use of personal prounouns to make the audience feel part of a group.

A phrase that has been over-used, it has now lost its original meaning, effectiveness

Short - traditional saying with an underlying moral or message.

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a group of words.

Repetition of vowel sounds at the end of consecutive words

An indirect reference to a well-known person, story, idea, event.

Repeating a key word or idea for emphasis

A brief story told to illustrate a point or catch reader's attention

A describing word

A word that is written the way it sounds

Informal language gives a sense of familiarity or informality

Words that are specific to a certain topic or field

When offensive or harsh word is replaced with more acceptable language

A list of associated ideas or things

Specific factual figures regarding a relevant topic

When inanimate objects are given human qualities

Another name for a verse

The beat of a line caused by stressed and unstressed syllables

A naming word

an action or doing word

A word that describes a verb

The mood or feeling of a piece of writing.

Using more formal words to help create a formal tone in a piece of writing or in a speech.

Very informal language used to identify with a particular sub-culture.

Using words that have a strong appeal to one or more of the sense.

A metaphor that is developed throughout the writing.

Adjectives that indicate the highest degree of something.

The way in which something is written. Eg) First person, second person, third person narration.

Placing contrasting terms or ideas together to give balance.

A fixed mental impression that everyone can relate to.

Sentences that are short and incomplete. Often give a text an informal tone.

When a writer knows their audience and will appeal to them so that they come across very popular.

Shortening of words in informal speech and writing. Cannot is shortened to can't

is the emotional association which many words have and they mean different things to different people.

The deliberate use of an understatement for effect.

The ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of the lines

A newly invented word

Unkind humour directed against what the writer doesn't like. Often saying the opposite of what is actually meant

Saying the opposite of what you mean