Devices, Structure, Imagery, Tone words

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison that says something is like
another.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison – made directly or
indirectly – without using “like” or “as.”

Question 3

Extended
metaphor

Answer 3

A comparison that continues
throughout a whole paragraph or text.

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Giving human characteristics to an
inanimate object.

Question 5

Zoomorphism

Answer 5

Giving animal characteristics to non
animals e.g. humans and objects

Question 6

Anthropomorphism

Answer 6

Giving human characteristics to an
animal, god or object.

Question 7

Asyndetic listing

Answer 7

Words are listed without the use of a conjunction.

Question 8

Polysyndetic
listing

Answer 8

Words are listed using a conjunction

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Repetition of consonant sounds.

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

Repetition of vowel sounds.

Question 11

Sibilance

Answer 11

Repetition of ‘s’ and ‘sh’ sounds.

Question 12

Plosive

Answer 12

Short burst of sound using b/d/g/k/p/t.

Question 13

Religious imagery

Answer 13

Using religious motifs to help create
meaning

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

A word that sounds like the thing it is
describing.

Question 15

Hyperbole

Answer 15

An exaggeratory word or phrase.

Question 16

Oxymoron

Answer 16

A phrase that appears to contradict itself

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

Contrasting two ideas to highlight their
differences.

Question 18

Tricolon/ Triadic
structure

Answer 18

Three parallel words, phrases or clauses.

Question 19

Rhetorical
question

Answer 19

A question asked without the
expectation of an answer.

Question 20

Anecdote

Answer 20

A short interesting story used to support
a point being made.

Question 21

Repetition

Answer 21

Repeating a word or phrase several
times.

Question 22

Media res

Answer 22

When the narrative begins in the middle
of the action.

Question 23

Analepsis

Answer 23

A flashback to something that has
happened previously in the narrative.

Question 24

Prolepsis

Answer 24

A flash forward to something that will
happen in the narrative.

Question 25

Cyclical structure

Answer 25

The end of the story is very similar to the
beginning.

Question 26

Chronological
structure

Answer 26

The story follows the order that things
happen in.

Question 27

Non linear
structure

Answer 27

A disrupted or disjointed narrative that
doesn’t follow a set pattern.

Question 28

Expository

Answer 28

A text providing factual information in a
clear organised structure.

Question 29

Descriptive

Answer 29

A text that describes an event,
experience, place, person or thing

Question 30

Persuasive

Answer 30

A text which is trying to persuade the
reader to believe or act on their writing

Question 31

Narrative

Answer 31

A text which tells a story

Question 32

Voice

Answer 32

The style of the author used to convey
their views and personality within the
writing.

Question 33

Tone

Answer 33

The writer’s attitude that is expressed.

Question 34

Mood

Answer 34

The feeling the audience gets from the
writing.

Question 35

Anaphora

Answer 35

Repetition of a word or phrase at the
start of several sentences or lines.

Question 36

Allusion

Answer 36

Making reference to another story or
phrase for effect.

Question 37

Colloquial
language

Answer 37

Informal, every day speech.

Question 38

Semantic field

Answer 38

A set of words relating to the same
topic.

Question 39

Genre

Answer 39

Style or category of literature.

Question 40

Antithesis

Answer 40

A person or thing that is the direct
opposite of someone or something else.

Question 41

Dramatic irony

Answer 41

The audience are aware of the impact of
a character’s actions or words, normally
for dramatic effect.

Question 42

Antagonist

Answer 42

The enemy of the main character in a
narrative.

Question 43

Protagonist

Answer 43

The main character in a narrative.

Question 44

Soliloquy

Answer 44

A character sharing their thoughts to
themselves and the audience.

Question 45

Monologue

Answer 45

Continued long speech by one character
in a play.

Question 46

Prose

Answer 46

Written or spoken language without
metrical structure.

Question 47

Verse

Answer 47

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm,
typically having a rhyme.

Question 48

Irony

Answer 48

Using language to create the opposite
meaning

Question 49

First person
narrative voice

Answer 49

Written from the perspective of I/we.

Question 50

Second person
narrative voice

Answer 50

Written from the you perspective.

Question 51

Third person
narrative voice

Answer 51

Written from the he/she/they/it
perspective.