Béarla GCSE Devices | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Combining contradictory traits, e.g. living dead; terribly good

Oxymoron

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Language used to get a specific emotional response from the reader e.g. anger, guilt, sadness.

Emotive language

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Words that spelt how they sound.

Onomatopoeia

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Two or more words in a row in a sentence that start with the same letter.

Alliteration

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Exaggerating language. Over the top language that is used to be dramatic.

Hyperbole

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Asking a question where you are not expecting an answer. Asking a question where you already know the answer or the answer is obvious.

Rhetorical question

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When there is a really good description of something that helps you picture it in your head.

Imagery

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Command or demand language – telling someone to do something.

Imperative language

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Repeating the same word or phrase throughout a piece of text.

Repetition

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heart

Other team wins 20 points!

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star

Double points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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thief

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Describing a natural thing like the weather or the sea, as if it is feeling the emotion expressed by the poet/characters.

Pathetic fallacy

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trap

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rocket

Go to first place!

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fairy

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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When you compare two things using the words ‘LIKE’ or ‘AS’.

Similie

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Expressing emotions in your voice. Expressing emotions in your writing using vocabulary choices.

Tone

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thief

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rocket

Go to first place!

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gift

Win 10 points!

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thief

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Interrupting a sentence by inserting extra information enclosed in brackets, commas, or dashes.

Parenthesis

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