Writing Techniques

Punctuation

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

Linking Phrases

Listing Ideas	Expressing an alternative
Giving examples	Contrast
Generalising	Stating the obvious
Reinforcement	Transition to a new point
Similarity	Concession
Results and Consequence	Giving Personal Opinion
Deduction	Mass or Alternative Opinion
Emphasis and Highlighting	Reference
Reformulation	Summarising

Sentence Patterns

Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)	Starting with a Preposition Phrase
Inserting Relative Clauses	Starting with a Verb
Using the Passive Voice	Starting with a Conditional
Starting with a Sub-clause	Starting with a List
Starting with Speech

Literary Devices

Alliteration	Litotes
Allusion	Metaphors (advanced)
Analogy	Metaphor (simple)
Analogy (extended)	Metonymy
Anaphora	Onomatopoeia
Aphorism	Oxymoron
Archetype	Parallelism
Assonance	Paradox
Asyndeton	Personification
Cataphora	Pun
Chiasmus	Rhetorical Question
Consonance	Rhyme
Epistrophe	Sarcasm
Epithet	Simile (advanced)
Euphemism	Simile (simple)
Hyperbole	Soraismus
Imagery (basic)	Symploce
Irony	Synecdoche
Koan	Understatement