English-Languge Features

Question 1

Figurative language

Answer 1

A figure of speech. Not literal. Eg. Metaphors or similes

Question 2

Imperative language

Answer 2

Direct instruction

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of a consonant. Can be repeated anywhere in a word. Helps set the mood/tone.

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of a vowel

Question 5

Rhetorical question

Answer 5

A question without an expected answer. Used to promote thought.

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

Direct comparison of two different objects. Has to use ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

Indirect contrast

Question 8

Colloquial language

Answer 8

Slang or informal

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Great exaggeration

Question 10

Anaphora

Answer 10

Repetition of a word at the start of sentences

Question 11

Idiom

Answer 11

Culturally specific statement.

‘Bloody oath’

Question 12

Onamatopoia

Answer 12

Sounds the same as it means. A word that has oral connection

Question 13

Oxymoron

Answer 13

When two words contradict with each other

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Situational irony-actions have an opposite effect to what was intended
Dramatic irony-where the audience understands but the character doesn’t
Verbal irony-saying one thing but meaning another

Question 15

Emjambment

Answer 15

A sentence or thought that continues from one line to another

Question 16

High modality

Answer 16

The strength of a word

Question 17

Repetition

Answer 17

Repeating of a sound

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

Passing or casual reference, an incidental mention

Question 19

Jargon

Answer 19

Technical language.

War commandments that civilians don’t understand

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Used to make a direct comparison. The word ‘is’ may or may not be used. Connotations are usually evoked.