English Language Devices

Question 1

Pathetic fallacy definition

Answer 1

Weather describes the mood

Question 2

Similie definition

Answer 2

Comparing two things using like or as

Question 3

Metaphor definition

Answer 3

Comparing two things using is or are

Question 4

Extended metaphor definition

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Stating a metaphor and then explaining it “life is a rollercoaster,you can never prepare for its ups and downs”

Question 5

Definition of an Oxymoron

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Two opposite words side by side

Question 6

Definition of a Juxtaposition

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Two contrasting ideas

Question 7

Definition of a semantic field

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A group of words that all link to the same topic

Question 8

Definition of Auditory Imagery

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Vivid description of sounds

Question 9

Tactile imagery definition

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Vivid description of physical sensation

Physical sensations refer to any physical symptoms that we might experience during strong emotions (e.g., racing heart, sweating, or nausea).

Question 10

Olfactory imagery

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Vivid description of smell

Question 11

Gustatory imagery

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Vivid description of taste

Question 12

Kinesthetic imagery definition

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Vivid description of movement

Question 13

Anaphora definition

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The repitition of a word or phrase at the beggining of successive clauses

Ex. “In every cry of every man, In every infant’s cry of fear.”

Question 14

Exposition definition

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Introduction of backround information on setting/characters to anchor the reader

Question 15

Verb (a.k.a helping verbs)

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Auxiliary verbs

Used along with a main verb to express tense, mood or voice.

“We were running”

“were” is the auxiliary verb indicating that the action of the main verb “running”
took place in the past.

Question 16

T verb is …

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Transitive verb

a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase) that indicates the person or thing affected by the verb. The direct object usually comes immediately after the verb

(e.g., “Karen is taking a photo”).

Question 17

M verb …

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Modal verb

We use modals to show if we believe something is certain, possible or impossible:

Fe. My keys must be in the car.
It might rain tomorrow.
That can’t be Peter’s coat.

Question 18

S Verb …

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Stative verb

Stative verbs describe a state or condition that is stable or unlikely to change

e.g., “ know”, “feel”, “believe”.

Stative verbs usually refer to thoughts, emotions, or senses that the subject of the sentence is experiencing.

Question 19

D verbs …

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Dynamic Verbs

a verb used primarily to indicate an action, process

Examples of dynamic verbs are ‘to run’, ‘to hit’, ‘to intervene’, ‘to savour’ and ‘to go’.

Question 20

Statistics

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Makes the text seem authoritative and accurate

Question 21

Exaggeration

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Dramatically emphasises an important point

“One puff could kill us all.”

Question 22

Direct adress

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Makes the reader feel like the text is specifically for them.

Question 23

Prolyptic irony

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When the character anticipates something but the audience knows its wrong.

Question 24

Proper Noun

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a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing (usually with a capital letter)

Question 25

Common noun

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words for types of things, people, and places, such as ‘dog’, ‘professor’, and ‘city’.

Question 26

Abstract noun

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

Question 27

P and B alliteration

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Plosive Alliteration. Repetition of ‘p’ and ‘b’ sounds, like an explosion sound.

Question 28

S alliteration

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Sibilance. Repetition of ‘s’ sounds.

Question 29

D and T alliteration

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Dental Alliteration. Repetition of ‘d’ and ‘t’ sounds.

Question 30

G, R and C alliteration

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Guttural Alliteration. Repetition of’ ‘g’ , ‘r’ and ‘c’ sounds.

Question 31

F, Ph and V alliteration

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Fricative Alliteration. Repetition of ‘f’ , ‘ph’ and ‘v’ sounds

Question 32

List with no conjunctions only commas

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asyndetic listing

it can aid in highlighting the listed items. The linking words are left out, which forces the reader to concentrate on each thing alone.

Question 33

Simple sentence

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a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate

Question 34

Complex sentence

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A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a subordinate clause connected to each other with a subordinating conjunction.

When the cake is brown, remove it from the oven.
⬆️can’t stand on its own. ⬆️can stand on its own
Independant clause. Dependant clause.

Question 35

Compound sentence

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A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.

Question 36

Personification

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the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas. For literary or artistic effect fe.”The trees danced.”

Question 37

Opening (structural features)

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The start of a text must interest the reader,
comment on how the writer introduces ideas and raises questions.

Question 38

Focus

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This is what the writer focuses on as the text develops,
Analyse what is implied, eg a gloomy landscape implies an unhappy situation - what is causing that unhappiness? What will happen next?

Question 39

Shift in focus

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Changes in ideas and perspectives, eg outside to inside,
Comment on how this change is effective, eg creates contrast.