GCSE: Key Language List

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Juxtaposition

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Contrast

Opposition

Repetition

List of three

Personification

Pathetic fallacy

Anecdote

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Structure

Complex

Represents

Suggests

Implies

Explores

Presents

Defines

Stanza

Establishes

Stereotype

Protagonist

Lexis

Imagery

Characterised

On a surface level

However

Therefore

In contrast

In opposition

Similarly

On the other hand

Contextually

Thematically

Linguistically

Structurally

To conclude

In summary

The reader

The audience

The writer

The poet

Without a doubt