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The Effect/Purpose of Language Techniques

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Test your knowledge of language techniques used by composers and the effect they have on the audience.
Aimee Pearce
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Question 1

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What is the purpose of using ALLITERATION? Example: "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes"
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  • Creates a comic, light hearted tone to entertain the reader. To engage.
  • Sticks in the reader’s mind as it makes the text catchy. To emphasise.
  • Used to command respect from the reader. Shows sophistication and authority in its tone. To persuade.

Question 2

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Why use REPETITION? Example: "somewhere ages and ages hence"
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  • To emphasise. Strengthens the force of the point. Draws attention and means the audience is more likely to remember the words.
  • Helps the reader to familiarise themselves with the subject. To engage.
  • Engages the reader as they feel they are being addressed directly. Forces them to have an opinion. To persuade.

Question 3

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Why are SIMILE's used? For example: “I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies”
Answer
  • Creates a comic, light hearted tone to entertain the reader. To engage.
  • Used to reflect the writer’s attitude or emotions of a subject. Changes in tones signal a new direction or shift in attitude. To affect the reader.
  • Creates vivid images in the reader’s mind to entertain/persuade or make the subject more believable. To engage.

Question 4

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What effect does COLLOQUIAL/INFORMAL language have on an audience? For example: "y’all" "A bunch of numpties" "This arvo?"
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  • Makes the text more relaxed, draws the reader in and makes it easy to relate to. To persuade.
  • Allows the reader to feel for the character/writer’s thoughts and feelings. To persuade.
  • Used to command respect from the reader. Shows sophistication and authority in its tone. To persuade.

Question 5

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Why use PERSONIFICATION? For example: The run down house appeared depressed.
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  • To emphasise. Strengthens the force of the point. Draws attention and means the audience is more likely to remember the words.
  • Creates vivid images in the reader’s mind to entertain/persuade or make the subject more believable. To engage.
  • Engages the reader as they feel they are being addressed directly. Forces them to have an opinion. To persuade.

Question 6

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What is the purpose of using SYMBOLISM? Example: the mockingjay in "The Hunger Games" series is used to symbolise rebellion or resistance to the Capitol's rule.
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Answer
  • Can convey complex ideas with a few words or an image. It is used to involve and engage the reader.
  • Allows reader to hear the sounds of the words they reflect. To involve the reader in the writer’s world.
  • Helps make an issue seem more important and dramatic than it is. To emphasise.

Question 7

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Why do composers use INTERTEXTUALITY? Example: "The Simpsons" often uses refences to other texts in their storylines.
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Answer
  • Used to command respect from the reader. Shows sophistication and authority in its tone. To persuade.
  • Makes the text more relaxed, draws the reader in and makes it easy to relate to. To persuade.
  • Helps the reader to familiarise themselves with the subject. To engage.

Question 8

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What is the purpose of using ONOMATOPOEIA? Example: "POW", "BAM", "SNAP"
Answer
  • Allows reader to hear the sounds of the words they reflect. To involve the reader in the writer’s world.
  • Helps make an issue seem more important and dramatic than it is. To emphasise.
  • Makes the text more relaxed, draws the reader in and makes it easy to relate to. To persuade.

Question 9

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Why is PARODY used in texts? Example: see picture
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  • Creates a comic, light hearted tone to entertain the reader. To engage.
  • Helps make an issue seem more important and dramatic than it is. To emphasise.
  • Allows the reader to feel for the character/writer’s thoughts and feelings. To persuade.

Question 10

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Why is TONE used by writers? Examples of tone in a story include just about any adjective you can imagine: Scared Anxious Excited Worried Foolish Smart Depressing
Answer
  • Used to reflect the writer’s attitude or emotions of a subject. Changes in tones signal a new direction or shift in attitude. To affect the reader.
  • Allows reader to hear the sounds of the words they reflect. To involve the reader in the writer’s world.
  • Helps make an issue seem more important and dramatic than it is. To emphasise.
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