ALL AQA Language Devices Flashcards
What is alliteration
The same letter or sound at the beginning of words near to each other
E.g. The beautiful blue ocean blinked at the sun.
What is onomatophia
When the way the word sounds imitates the sound it is describing
E.g. Bang, crash, sizzle.ophia
What is Sibilance
relies on the repetition of soft consonant sounds in words to create a wooshing or hissing sound in the writing. The sounds used include ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘c’ and ‘ch’.
E.g. The shark shot through the water, charging towards the shore
What is Simile
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using ‘like’ or ‘as
What is Personification
When you make a thing, idea or an animal do something only humans do. eg. The wind howls
E.g. The waves danced on the shore
What is Metaphor
figure of speech in which you say something is another thing. You compare the qualities of two things within this
E.g. in ‘the curtain of fog’, you create the image of the fog falling down on the area as if it is a curtain being dropped over the place
What is Analogy
comparism of certin similarities between things which are other wise unlike
What is foreshadowing
use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later on in the story
What is Hypebole
Exaggeration; a figure of speech exceeding truth
What is Imagery
description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is alllusion
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
What is Parody
Mocking imitation in verse or pose of literary words eg. Cartoons(over exaggerating the size of a nose)
What is Dramatic Irony
is the contrast, occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening
What is Paradox
A statement that may be true but seems to say two opposite things
What is oxymoron
a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
What is Comic Relief
An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action.
What is Assonance
the repetition of similar vowels ( A, E, I, O, U ) in the stressed syllables of successive words
What is Pathetic Fallacy
The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.
What is Metonymy
substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)
What is Consonance
the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of a word, e.g., east, west, best, test, trust, burst
What is enjambent
Enjambment = Jumping from one line to the next.”
For example: I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills…
Here, the sentence doesn’t end at the end of the first line. The thought continues onto the next line
What is caesure
“Caesura = A stop in the middle of the line.
Caesura is a pause or break in the middle of a line of poetry, often created by punctuation like a comma, full stop, or dash.
