Language Features

Alliteration

I threw a wish in the well,Don't ask me, I'll never tellI looked to you as it fell,And now you're in my way

I'd trade my soul for a wish,Pennies and dimes for a kissI wasn't looking for this,But now you're in my way

Your stare was holdin',Ripped jeans, skin was showin'Hot night, wind was blowin'Where you think you're going, baby?

Hey, I just met you,And this is crazy,But here's my number,So call me, maybe?

It's hard to look right,At you baby,But here's my number,So call me, maybe?

Hey, I just met you,And this is crazy,But here's my number,So call me, maybe?

Where are the examples of alliteration in these lyrics?

Metaphor

"A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind."

(William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors)words are but wind

Emotive Language

What do you think about this headline?

How does this language make you feel?

What impact on the reader is the author trying to create

Evocative Language

To evoke: (verb) To conjure, to bring to mind or recollection

Evocative: (adj) evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response

Hyperbole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShPHm4zjr1s

Irony

Irony: The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Ironic: (adj) poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended

Rhetorical Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8qK22gGkQ

Personification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AAdkfiamU&feature=player_detailpage

‘My computer hates me’

Onomatopoeia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYU8UEgudQ

OxymoronO serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!Despised substance of divinest show!Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st,A damned saint, an honourable villain!O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell,When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiendIn moral paradise of such sweet flesh?Was ever book containing such vile matterSo fairly bound? O that deceit should dwellIn such a gorgeous palace!

Imperitive

‘Clean the bathroom’

‘Tidy your room’

‘Do your homework’

‘Find your planner’

‘Stop using your phone’

Adjective

A word that describes something

Eg….

Adverb

A word that describes how something is being done

Eg…..

Simile

Simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

I am as ________ as a _________