English Language Techniques

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

Give an inanimate object a human feeling or characteristic

Eg: the tree danced happily in the breeze

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

2 or more words starting with the same syllable

Eg: Harry was happily hopping along the shore

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

A word which represents a sound

Eg: the Ferrari whizzed past the other cars

Question 4

Similie

Answer 4

Describing something like something else

Eg: her teeth were white like snow

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Describing something as something else

E.g her teeth were snow

Question 6

Sibilance

Answer 6

Starting words with the ‘s’ sylybol

E.g the snake slithered swiftly through the night

Question 7

Rhetorical question

Answer 7

Asking a question which doesn’t require an answer and invokes thought

E.g Do you think im crazy

Question 8

Colloquial language

Answer 8

Informal language used in everyday conversation, may suggest friendship or your social class.

E.g yo, you good bro

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Exaggerating statements or claims not to be taken literally

E.g when i fell over i nearly died!

Question 10

Pathos

Answer 10

A persuasive technique used to appeal the readers emotions & intrest

Question 11

Rhyme

Answer 11

Using words which end in the same sound usually at the end of a line

Question 12

Rhythm

Answer 12

A repeated pattern of movement or sound

Question 13

Caesura

Answer 13

A break in the middle of a line of poetry used to create a dramatic pause.

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Question 15

Article

Answer 15

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.