Key language features

Question 1

Adjectives and Adverbs

Answer 1

Adjectives are words that describe nouns; adverbs describe verbs

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

Meaning that is suggested, rather than literal

Question 3

Sensory details

Answer 3

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses, typically sight and hearing

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

A comparative device that describes one thing as being another

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

Attributing human qualities to objects

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

A comparative device that describes one thing as being like another

Question 7

Symbol

Answer 7

An object or phrase that embodies a range of meanings that extend beyond its literal definition

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

Using words with the same initial sound in quick succession

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Using words with the same vowel sounds in quick succession

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

Words that sound similar to the sound they are meant to depict

Question 11

Anaphora

Answer 11

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 12

Colloquialism

Answer 12

Slang = GDAY

Question 13

Cumulation

Answer 13

Rule of three

Question 14

Emotive language

Answer 14

Language that is highly emotional

Question 15

Hyperbole

Answer 15

A deliberate exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Question 16

Inclusive Language

Answer 16

Language such as person pronouns, makes the audience feel included

Question 17

Repetition

Answer 17

The use of a key phrase, idea or image at multiple points

Question 18

Rhetorical Question

Answer 18

Encourages audience to think, no answer

Question 19

Mise en scene: Lighting(3)

Answer 19

Colour, Contrast, Key

Question 20

Mise en scene: Setting(2)

Answer 20

Environment, props

Question 21

Mise en scene: subject(2)

Answer 21

Costume, body language

Question 22

Composition: Camera angles (4)

Answer 22

Low, eye level, birds, oblique

Question 23

Composition: Shot type(3)

Answer 23

Long, Medium, Close up

Question 24

Text (3)

Answer 24

Position, Ratio, Typography