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Writing Techniques

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Punctuation

Introduction to Clauses( ) brackets / parentheses
, comma/ slash / oblique
: colon– – dashes
; semi-colon

Linking Phrases

Listing IdeasExpressing an alternative
Giving examplesContrast
GeneralisingStating the obvious
ReinforcementTransition to a new point
SimilarityConcession
Results and ConsequenceGiving Personal Opinion
DeductionMass or Alternative Opinion
Emphasis and HighlightingReference
ReformulationSummarising

Sentence Patterns

Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)Starting with a Preposition Phrase
Inserting Relative ClausesStarting with a Verb
Using the Passive VoiceStarting with a Conditional
Starting with a Sub-clauseStarting with a List
Starting with Speech

Literary Devices

AlliterationLitotes
AllusionMetaphors (advanced)
AnalogyMetaphor (simple)
Analogy (extended)Metonymy
AnaphoraOnomatopoeia
AphorismOxymoron
ArchetypeParallelism
AssonanceParadox
AsyndetonPersonification
CataphoraPun
ChiasmusRhetorical Question
ConsonanceRhyme
EpistropheSarcasm
EpithetSimile (advanced)
EuphemismSimile (simple)
HyperboleSoraismus
Imagery (basic)Symploce
IronySynecdoche
KoanUnderstatement

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