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English Key Terminology you need to know. Key Vocabulary: Detective Fiction Model paragraph

Non-negotiables In the clandestine depths of a seemingly ordinary house stood the
You need to look up and learn any of these you are unfamiliar with. An event or situation that hints that something will happen dissolute Richard Irving, a formidable figure draped in obsidian robes that
1 Foreshadowing
later in the text. seemed to absorb the very light around him. His countenance, etched

AFORESTER techniques Other Command words Word classes Discourse Markers 2 Simile Comparing something to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’ with the scars of arcane knowledge, bespoke a mind steeped with the
important techniques darkest malevolence. A master manipulator, his eyes glinted with a chilling
3 Tension a feeling of worry or anxiety.
Alliteration Simile Describe Noun Firstly, intellect that danced between shadow and sinister intent, a steely gaze
4 Metaphor saying something is something else. that ensnared the unwary in its depths. His chilling laughter echoed
Facts Metaphor Analyse Proper noun Secondly,

Opinions Hyperbole Explain Pronoun Finally, 5 Narrative a story or account of a series of events. through the annals of time, a harbinger of impending doom to those who
dared challenge his voracious ambition.
Repetition Onomatopoeia Identify Abstract noun Similarly, 6 Personification giving an object human qualities.

Emotive language Stanza Evaluate Adjective However, Grow your vocabulary Behind the slaughter lay desolation, despondency and despair. Despair.
Statistics Personification Discuss Determiner Whereas, 7 Malevolent when someone deliberately tries to cause harm or pain.

Triplets Imagery Justify Conjunction On the other hand,
8 Slaughter When someone is killed in a cruel or needless way. Descriptive writing techniques
Exaggeration Enjambment Define Verb Also, What techniques can we identify in detective fiction? Complete this as we
9 Odious someone or something that is extremely unpleasant.
Rhetorical questions Narrator Infer Modal verb Moreover, progress through the term.

Caesura Suggest Adverb Furthermore, 10 Intriguing something that is interesting or strange.

State In addition, 11 Villainous someone that is very bad and willing to cause harm or break
the law to get what they want.
Compare
12 Remarkable unusual in a special way that makes people notice someone
or something.
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https://www.grammar-monster.com 13 Dissolute someone that does not care at all about morals and lives in a
way considered wicked.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference
https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar 14 Livid extremely angry.