basics i should know hopefully

Question 1

when the first letter of a word is repeated more than once. Alice always alliterates.

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

when human characteristicsc are applied to things (often found in nature), i.e. the “angry sky” or “the wind whispered through the trees”. Usually done to set the tone or reflect the mood of characters.

Answer 2

Pathetic fallacy

Question 3

(or Anthropomorphism), applying human characteristics to objects, Gods or things. i.e. the angry sea. (Zoomorphism is when you give humans (or other things!) animal features, i.e. he growled with wolfish hunger).

Answer 3

personification

Question 4

exactly the same as a normal metaphor, but you’ll see the same idea repeating over multiple sentences, lines, paragraphs (or stanzas). Think: You’re a lion. When you speak, you roar. You’re the king of the jungle, the bravest of the beasts.

Answer 4

Extended metaphor

Question 5

saying something is something else; a direct comparison, not meant literally. i.e. He was a cheetah on the racetrack.

Answer 5

Metaphor

Question 6

comparing something using like or as. He was as fast as a cheetah.

Answer 6

simile

Question 7

repeating vowel sounds (not necessarily rhyming though) – the house is out-rowed with the louts and crows

Answer 7

assonance

Question 8

informal or slang words and phrases (i.e. just how you’d speak everyday!). Think wanna rather than “want to”.

Answer 8

colloquial language