English Language

Question 1

What’s assonance

Answer 1

The same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different

Question 2

What’s dissonance

Answer 2

A discordant combination of sounds. Not in harmony or accord, harsh

Question 3

What’s oxymoron

Answer 3

Two words normally not associated are brought together

Question 4

What’s pathos

Answer 4

Language that evokes feelings of pity/sorrow

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

First letter of word repeated in the words that follow

Question 6

What’s colloquial

Answer 6

Language that is used in speech with an informal meaning

Question 7

What’s dialect

Answer 7

The version of language spoken by particular people in a particular area

Question 8

What’s imagery

Answer 8

Compares something real with something imaginary

Question 9

What is irony

Answer 9

The humorous or sarcastic use of words or ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean

Question 10

What’s a soliloquy

Answer 10

A monologue where the Character is thinking ‘aloud’, shows their true feelings

Question 11

What’s register

Answer 11

A common thread in the authors choice of language, usually reflects something

Question 12

What’s pathetic fallacy

Answer 12

Personification where the emotions are given to the setting, an object or the weather

Question 13

What’s allegory

Answer 13

A story with a double meaning, one primary and one secondary (hidden)

Question 14

What’s allusion

Answer 14

A subtle or indirect reference to another thing

Question 15

What’s consonance

Answer 15

Repetition of consonants throughout a sentence or phrase

Question 16

What’s a didactic

Answer 16

A text that instructs the reader or is obviously delivering a moral message

Question 17

What’s disjunction

Answer 17

A conjunction (eg but or yet) that dramatically interrupts the rhythm of a sentence

Question 18

What’s an ellipsis

Answer 18

Dramatic pause …, creates tension or suggest words can’t be spoken

Question 19

What’s a euphemism

Answer 19

A mild expression used to replace a harsh one

Question 20

What’s figurative language and sound devices, and what do they do?

Answer 20

Metaphors, personification etc, and consonance, onomatopoeia etc.

They have a powerful impact as they work on our senses to strengthen the subject matter of the text

Question 21

What are fractured/truncated sentences

Answer 21

Incomplete sentences used to increase tension or urgency, or reflect the way people speak to each other

Question 22

What’s imperative voice

Answer 22

Forceful use of the verb at the start of sentence or phrase

Question 23

What’s intertextuality

Answer 23

A text makes a reference to other texts. This may be explicit, implied or inferred

Question 24

What’s modality

Answer 24

The force the words are delivered at. High modality = forceful. Low modality = gentle.

Question 25

What are Plosive consonants

Answer 25

Harsh sounds in a sentence or phrase.

Question 26

What’s sibilance

Answer 26

Repetition of ‘s’ – can sounds melodious and sweet or cold and icy.

Question 27

What’s syntax

Answer 27

Sentence structure

Short, simple sentences or truncated sentences create tension, haste or urgency; compound or complex sentences are slower, often feature in formal texts.