\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DESCRIPTIVE WRITING}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{Descriptive language is used to help the reader feel almost as if they are a part of the scene or event being described. The description is useful because it helps readers engage with the story ,often creating an emotional response. It can help a reader visualize what a character or a place is like% Row Count 6 (+ 6) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{2.8679 cm} x{6.9167 cm} x{7.0854 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{TECHNIQUES ,EFFECTS \& EXAMPLES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Simile} & is a descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'. & The trees stood as tall as towers. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Metaphor} & is a descriptive technique that names a person, thing, or action as something else. & The circus was a magnet for the children. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Hyperbole} & is use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect & The sun scorched through the day. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Personification} & is a metaphor attributing human feelings to an object. & The sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Pathetic} \seqsplit{fallacy} & a type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather & The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Onomatopoeia} & words that sound a little like they mean & The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crushed underfoot \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{2.8679 cm} x{6.9167 cm} x{7.0854 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{TECHNIQUES ,EFFECTS \& EXAMPLES (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Oxymoron} & a phrase combining two or more contradictory terms & There was a deafening silence \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Emotive} \seqsplit{language} & language intended to create an emotional response & A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \end{document}