FORM 4 Sound Devices And Figurative Language Flashcards
Allusion
A brief intentional reference to historical mythical or literary person, place, event or social movement
Pun
A play on words
One word is giving two meanings usually for humour
Words that sound the same as each other but have different meanings
TUNA and TUNE A
You can tune a guitar but you can’t tuna fish
I was struggling to work out how lightening worked but then it struck me
I have been to the dentist so many times I know the drill
It’s hard to beat a boiled egg
A bike won’t stand up because it’s two tyred
Hyperbole
A deliberate exaggeration for effect
Metaphor
A direct comparison
Paradox
A statement that contradicts itself
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It’s the beginning of the end
Deep down I am shallow
Save money by spending it
The deafening silence
Giving a non-human thing, human traits
A figure of speech where an abstract or non human thing is described as it it where human
Giving something that is not human , human characteristics
The Tree waved its branches
The chair groaned as the man sat down
Understatement
Deliberate downplaying of a things importance or significance
Antithesis
When words and phrases with opposite meaning and implications are used to achieve contrast
Irony
Expressing an implied meaning that is different to the meaning directly stated
Zoomorphism
The attribution of animal characteristics to an inanimate thing
My brother eats like a horse
The roar of the ocean
Symbolism
An object which is used to represent another abstract meaning
Dove - peace
bear /lion - means bravery or courage
Butterfly -transformation
Dog - loyalty
Snake/serpent - corruption
Night time - darkness or loss
Sibilance
Repetition of soft s,sh and ch in a sequence of words
Onomatopoeia
Sound of the spoken word imitates the sound to which it refers
Tinkle
Ping
Boom
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sound anywhere in a sequence of words
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
Cliche
Word that has been overused in every day language so that it loses its meaning
Example - absolutely
Euphemism
Making something unpleasant sound more pleasant
The troops were shot deaf in friendly fire (really means they shot their own troops by accident)
Eg. Passed away instead of died
Eg2. Resting in peace instead of died
Eg3 letting someone go from their job - instead of saying they got fired
Eg4 loves to shop - instead of has a spending problem
Eg5 well off rather than filthy rich
Jargon or technical language
Scientific or technical langue used to impress or make it sound like you know more about something
Propaganda
A plan or scheme of communications used to promote or sell a set of ideas
The Nazi regime communications that Jewish were evil was PROPOGANDA
The media were scaring people about how dangerous COVID was to make people get their vaccines - PROPOGANDA
