Huh? I still don’t get it!!!

Simile He’s as mad as a cut snake

Acronym

Metaphor You are a silly sausage He is an ox of a man

Pun

Repetition, 1 st person narrative and rhyme I wonder how many stars in the sky? I wonder why we have to die? I wonder how many times you say no? I wonder where this silly rhyme will go?

Alliteration The waves washed wildly over the wary surfers.

Allusion

Metaphor and allusion I am the scarlett letter and Romeo the enemy

Irony/Juxtaposition The love ‘tween their children healed the hate ‘tween the two familes

Acronym RSPCA ISA SEETEL HSC

Foreshadowing – of a major twist in the plot – creates dramatic irony… when the reader / viewer knows something that a particular character doesn’t know! Little did he know… that this person was his mortal enemy!

Oxymoron

Jargon Composer Responder Text Language forms and features Textual evidence Context Intertextual

Hyperbole I’ve told you a million times… I’m gonna kill him for playing that prank!!!! He lives and breaths cricket There was a mountain of work still to be done

Ambiguity, Contrast and imagery The figure wore a black hat and stood firm on the top stair. The child wore a white nightie and crouched on the bottom stair.

Satire/Allusion

Juxtaposition/Contrast

Satire

Irony

Personification The sun smiled down and the she-oaks sighed in the breeze. The sports car caressed the bitumen and the trees shuddered with fear

Pun/Stereotype/Imagery Bank failures in Japan We all know that financial uncertainty has hit many countries, including Japan. Did you hear? The Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, and Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

Jargon

Pun

Ambiguity

Euphemism “ it’s not you… it’s me” “We need to talk…” Being economical with the truth James has a casual approach to homework The old woman passed away quietly in her sleep “I need to go to the bathroom” “I have to do a number 2!!”

Pun/Colloquialism

Innuendo “Men who have large noisy cars have small appeal” Scarlett Johansen has big teeth.

Hyperbole

Personification

Satire

Oxymoron

Sarcasm

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Imperative

Stereotype

Stay tuned… To be continued…