Year 8 EAL language techniques

What is hyperbole?

• Words beginning with the same letter

• Extreme Exaggeration

• A question that does not need answered

• A phrase that has a different meaning than the individual words

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• Pepperoni Pizza is Perfect

• She wanted to pet the puppy

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• Boom,crash, clang

Which of the following is a simile?

• She was as quiet as a mouse

• Life is a roller coaster

• She is a genius!

• I am freezing to death

What is a metaphor?

• Extreme exaggeration

• A word that is repeated over and over

• Comparing 2 things that are not alike implying one is another

• Comparing something use the words 'like' or 'as'

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Life is a roller coaster with ups and downs

• She ate like a pig at the party

• The bomb went boom

• Peter piper picked peppers

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is as brave as a lion

• The wind whispered through the trees

• Time is a thief

• She sells seashells by the seashore

Statistics are

• Evidence from an expert
• comparing two things that are not alike
• evidence that uses numbers
• a form of hyperbole

Emotive language is

• the deliberate choice of words to evoke an emotion
• language used to include the audience
• using exaggeration for effect
• the opinion of someone with special knowledge

Anecdotal evidence is

• a simile
• a short story told to show something is true or untrue.
• includes the audience in something the writer or speaker
• the repeating of words, phrases and ideas in writing for effect.

A simile

• evokes emotion
• uses the opinion of someone with special knowledge or experience
• compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
• includes the audience in what the writer is saying using "us", "we" or "our"