Discourse

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

A term to describe the repetition of consonants or consonant clusters at the beginning of words in close proximity e.g. Conservatives on Course to Conquer after Commentators got it wrong.

Question 2

cohesion

Answer 2

linguistic connections which link elements of discourse

Question 3

deixis

Answer 3

A term describing expressions that rely on the context for interpretation e.g. there, over here, that high.

Question 4

direct speech

Answer 4

a form of speech in which the actual words spoken are recorded, usually between speech arks e.g. He looked down and said “well, it wasn’t my fault”

Question 5

figurative language

Answer 5

A term used to describe any language use that is non-literal, using devices such as metaphors, similes etc. to create poetic and descriptive effects.

Question 6

indirect speech

Answer 6

A form of speech which reports what someone else has said, where the subordinator that introduces words spoken the e.g. the teacher said I COULD PASS.

Question 7

metaphor

Answer 7

A figurative use of language in which one thing is seen in terms of something else e.g. he was at a CROSSROADS and didn’t know which ROAD to take = making choices in life.

Question 8

onomatopoeia

Answer 8

words that imitate sounds of what they mean e.g. buzz, splash, zip

Question 9

parallelism

Answer 9

Patterning of pairs of sounds, words, or other structures to create a sense of balance e.g. quickly and decisively, neither a poet nor a philosopher

Question 10

personification

Answer 10

A device in which something non-human is given human attributes e.g. the blushing birds

Question 11

rhetorical question

Answer 11

a question that doesn’t require an answer

Question 12

simile

Answer 12

a device which makes a direct comparison between two things using the prepositions like or as e.g. her heart was beating like the wings of a bird