27/08/2018
WIREMU HANCY
Learning intention: to find out about different language
Features that you can use in your writing.
Learning outcome: you will able to defend, illustrate write
Examples and present information on a number of different
Language features used in writing.
This is an inquiry project….
Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound
at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- She sells seashells by the seashore
- Don’t dilly dally down dirty driveways
- Curious cats can catch a cold
- Pink pig poops pop
simile:a figure of speech involving the comparison of one
thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make
a description more emphatic or vivid
- Her heart is like gold
- The world is like a stage
- He eats like a pig
- He is poor as dirt
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is
applied to an object or action to which it is not literally
applicable.
- Her heart is gold
- You are a rock
- He is a pig
- Sea of sand
Hyperbol:Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to
be taken literally.
- My feet are killing me
- I can only tell you what it feels like a steel knife in my windpipe
- My shoes are killing me
- You are doing my head in
personificatio:The attribution of a personal nature or human
characteristics to something non-human, or the representation
of an abstract quality in human form.
of an abstract quality in human form.
- The sun greeted everyone good morning
- The sky turned dreary as the glum clouds enveloped it
- The man in the moon smiled at me
- My computer hates me
Idiom:A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
- Keep an eye on
- My lips are sealed
- To powder your nose
- Let one's hair down
It was a good thing to do and we got to learn about the different kinds of writing
and miss thought it was good
