English key terms

Question 1

Onomatopeia

Answer 1

Words that sound the same as what they represent

Question 2

Aliteration

Answer 2

The use of the same lettter at the begining of words that are close

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

To give an inaminmate object human characteristics

Question 4

Similie

Answer 4

To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

Question 5

Repitition

Answer 5

To use the same word/phrase more than once

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next

Question 8

Rythm

Answer 8

describes the beat of a poem

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Question 10

Stanza

Answer 10

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Question 11

Assonance

Answer 11

When vowel sounds within words are the same or
very similar

Question 12

Pivot

Answer 12

Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

Question 13

Caseura

Answer 13

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and
or humorous
Juxtaposition To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ so

Question 15

Fricatives

Answer 15

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Question 16

Plosives

Answer 16

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Question 17

Sibilance

Answer 17

Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

Question 18

Superlative

Answer 18

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a
quality

Question 19

Juxtaposition

Answer 19

Two things being seen or placed close together with
contrasting effect

Question 20

Foreshadowing

Answer 20

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

Question 21

Lexical Set

Answer 21

A group of words with the same topic, function or
form

Question 22

Archaisms

Answer 22

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Question 23

End Focus

Answer 23

The most important information in a clause or
sentence is placed at the end

Question 24

Nouns

Answer 24

A word that represents a person, thing, concept or place.

Question 25

Verbs

Answer 25

a word that indicates a physical action (e.g., ‘drive’), a mental action (e.g., ‘think’) or a state of being

Question 26

Adjective

Answer 26

a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.

Question 27

Adverbs

Answer 27

a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.

Question 28

Pronouns

Answer 28

words we use in everyday language to refer to ourselves or others.

Question 29

Possessive pronouns

Answer 29

a pronoun indicating possession, for example mine, yours, hers, theirs.

Question 30

Preposition

Answer 30

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 31

Determiners

Answer 31

a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘some’, ‘this’, and ‘each’.

Question 32

Conjunctions

Answer 32

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause And, or, so, since, for, because, as, but, yet, still, while, as soon as, therefore, moreover, in case, though, although, even though, etc. are some examples of conjunctions.

Question 33

Plural nouns

Answer 33

a noun that refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea. Most singular nouns are made plural by adding a suffix, usually –s or –es. For example, the singular noun dog takes the plural form dogs, as in three dogs.

Question 34

Modal verb

Answer 34

an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility. English modal verbs include must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may, and might.

Question 35

Abstract nouns

Answer 35

noting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness.

Question 36

Proper nouns

Answer 36

a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing