| A | B |
|---|
| composer | creator of a text |
| pun | play on words |
| hyperbole | gross exaggeration |
| simile | saying one thing is as or like another |
| metaphor | saying one thing is another |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-human things |
| alliteration | repeated consonant sounds |
| assonance | repeated vowel sounds |
| onomatopoeia | where the sound of a word is the same as its meaning |
| imagery | pictures created in our heads |
| tone | how a text sounds |
| attitude | the composer's feelings about his subject matter |
| rhetorical question | a question asked but no answer is expected |
| descriptive language | words that describe eg adjectives and adverbs |
| emotive language | words that create an emotional response |
| informative language | words that give facts and information |
