English glossary

3. Is when something is repeated, but it is said using different words
6. Over-the-top exaggeration for effect.
7. a descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else.
8. The sequence of events in a plot; a story.
9. Ordinary, everyday language and dialect.
11. A metaphor attributing human feelings to an object.
12. A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'

1. A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
2. Language that makes the reader experience a certain emotional response to the writing.
4. words that sound a little like they mean.
5. Language that commands or instructs the reader.
10. The words said by a character in a story or play.
13. Reading between the lines to work out things which are not explicitly stated in the text