What style and tone should you use for these writing tasks?
Formal
Informal
The repetition of the same consonant sounds often at the beginning of words. "She sells sea shells on the seashore."
It makes your argument sound more believable and uses the results of research from people who know the subject
Used to exaggerate the situation to be more persuasive
What is the name of this technique? "We all like to look good, don't we?"
"Dancing the night away, looking like a popstar and meeting your dream date."
It stirs an emotion within the listener or reader
What technique is being used here? "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
What is technique is being used? “He was a lion in battle.”
Words are used to imitate sounds. "buzz, hiss, crash"
Where non human things or abstract ideas are given human characteristics. “The sky is crying. The table groaned.”
Where two things are compared using as or like.
“The sun is like a big yellow balloon.”
“He was as tall as a skyscraper.”
writers use this to create pictures with words.
Where a writer keeps using the same idea over and over:
“The sun glowed; the sun growled; the sun was angry!”