Key Vocab (Literacy Zone)

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

A person, place, object or feeling

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

A word used to describe a noun e.g. ‘green’ or ‘big’

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

A word used to describe an action or state e.g. ‘talked’ or ‘loved’ / A doing word

Question 4

Adverb

Answer 4

A word used to describe a verb. Usually ends in ‘ly’ e.g. ‘quickly’

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison which is made using ‘like’ or ‘as’ e.g. ‘The sun was like an angry eye’

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

A direct comparison e.g. ‘The sun was an angry eye’ / When something is described as something it is not

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

Visually descriptive language

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

The repetition of a letter in two or more words

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

Sound words e.g. ‘pop’ ‘crash’

Question 10

Oxymoron

Answer 10

A figure of speech featuring two contradictory terms e.g. cold fire

Question 11

Juxtaposition

Answer 11

Two opposing ideas placed close together e.g. He simply loved to hate

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Exaggerated language e.g. ‘It would take a million alarms to wake him from his slumber’

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

A direct contrast or opposition e.g. hope is the antithesis of despair

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

The repetition of the ‘s’ sound in two or more words

Question 15

Enjambement

Answer 15

A poetic device to describe a sentence which continues over more than one line, couplet or
stanza

Question 16

Caesura

Answer 16

A strong pause within a line of poetry often using a hyphen or punctuation e.g. “till I behold him - dead - is my poor heart’

Question 17

Assonance

Answer 17

The repetition of a vowel sound across two or more words

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

The ways in which words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences

Question 19

Allegory

Answer 19

An extended metaphor

Question 20

Colloquial

Answer 20

Informal or ‘chatty’ use of language

Question 21

Soliloquy

Answer 21

A device often used in plays where a character speaks to themselves. It is used to reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character

Question 22

Polysyndeton

Answer 22

Repetition of ‘and’ connective in a sentence