1List Some Language Methods?
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Onomatopoeia BANG
- Oxymoron
- Powerful Verb
- Hyperbole
- Emotive Language
2What is a Hyperbole
An Exaggerated Statement, Not Meant to be Taken Literally, but Used to Create a Dramatic Effect.
E.g. The whole world was watching me.
3Define Oxymoron
Two Opposite Words Together
-Silent Voice
4What are all the Structural Methods?
• Change of focus
• Timeshift/Flashback
• Zoom in/out
• Juxtaposition/juxtiposes
• Contrasts
• Repeating Key Idea or Theme
• Climax
• Dialogue- speech
• Short Sentences/Paragraphs
• Intro of New Character
• Inside to Outside etc
• Change in Tone & Atmosphere
• Cliff Hanger
• Circular Structure
• Foreshadowing
5There is a Change in Focus... (meaning)
The shift in focus between paragraphs as the text develops.
• For example, focus shifts from outside to inside
• From describing a setting or character to dialogue
• From past tense to present.
6There is a Time Shift.... (meaning)
Shifts Back & Forth in Time from Past to Present instead of proceeding in strict chronological sequence.
For example
•A flashback
• Into the future
7The writer Zooms in/Out..... (meaning)
zooms in Close to One Detail and then Zooms Out To A Broader, Bigger Description.
For example, a zoom-in to describe a house, to a zoom-out to describe the town.
8The writer Juxtaposes.... (meaning)
Place Two Opposite Ideas Next to Each Other For Contrast .
For example, light and dark or "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" Charles Dickens.
9The writer Contrasts..... (meaning)
Involves comparison of Two or More Elements in a text, with the intention of HIGHLIGHTING the DIFFERENCES between them. It is used to show the contrast between two things.
10The writer Repeating Key Idea or Theme...
Using Same Idea, Sentence or Word in Different Parts Of Story
11This Change in Tone or Atmosphere....
Before a Plot Twist or etc and Changes How Reader Feels
12The writer changes the pace....
Pacing Refers to the Rhythm of the Entire Story and how the Chain Of Events Fall Into Place.
It's not necessarily the speed at which the story is told or the chapter length, but more how fast or slow the story is moving for the reader.
e.g A description of a dinosaur to suddenly an attack.
13Short Sentences/ Paragraphs
Fragments of Information so Add lots of Drama
14Foreshadowing
Giving Clue About Something That Will Happen in Story Before it Happens
15Climax
Most Exciting Moment In the Story Were Characters Faced with Jeopardy
16Circular Structure
Why you Start & Finish Story in the Same Way