Extended Language Techniques #1

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

Definition

Question 2

Visual Imagery

Answer 2

Descriptive language appealing to sight.

Question 3

Auditory Imagery

Answer 3

Language that represents sounds.

Question 4

Olfactory Imagery

Answer 4

Language that appeals to smell.

Question 5

Tactile Imagery

Answer 5

Language that represents touch.

Question 6

Gustatory Imagery

Answer 6

Language appealing to taste.

Question 7

Kinesthetic Imagery

Answer 7

Language depicting movement or physical tension.

Question 8

Symbolism

Answer 8

Using symbols to represent abstract ideas.

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

Repetition of vowel sounds within words.

Question 11

Consonance

Answer 11

Repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

Words that imitate sounds.

Question 13

Rhyme

Answer 13

Correspondence of sounds between words or endings.

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

Repetition of the ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sound.

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

Hints at future events in a story.

Question 16

Flashback

Answer 16

A scene set in a time earlier than the main story.

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

Placing contrasting elements side by side.

Question 18

Dramatic Irony

Answer 18

Audience knows something a character doesn’t.

Question 19

Climax

Answer 19

The turning point in a narrative.

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Direct comparison, stating one thing is another.

Question 21

Simile

Answer 21

A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

Giving human traits to non-human things.

Question 23

Hyperbole

Answer 23

Exaggerated statements for emphasis.

Question 24

Oxymoron

Answer 24

Contradictory terms together.

Question 25

Euphemism

Answer 25

A mild word substituted for one considered harsh.

Question 26

Mood

Answer 26

The feeling evoked in the reader.

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

The author’s attitude toward the subject.