Language

Question 1

Define: Similes

Answer 1

A direct comparison, usually using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 2

Define: Metaphor

Answer 2

Describing one thing as another when it is not literally so.

Question 3

Define: Personification

Answer 3

Describing inanimate objects using human qualities.

Question 4

Define: Sensory Language. (List examples.)

Answer 4

Examples:

• Visual Imagery
• Tactile Imagery (touch)
• Auditory Imagery
• Olfactory Imagery (smell)
• Gustatory Imagery (taste)

Question 5

Define: Alliteration

Answer 5

Repetition of initial letter sounds.

Question 6

Define: Sibilance.

Answer 6

Alliteration where the repeated initial sound is “S”

Question 7

Define: Plosives

Answer 7

Words beginning with hard consonants - P, B, D

Question 8

Define: Juxtaposition (Language Terms).

Answer 8

Two things placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 9

Define: Lexical Field

Answer 9

A set of words grouped together around a particular meaning.

Question 10

Define: Euphemism

Answer 10

A mild or indirect word to describe something harsher or more unpleasant.

Question 11

Define: Hyperbole

Answer 11

Heightened or exaggerated language.

Question 12

Define: Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

Words which sound like the things they describe

Question 13

Define: Oxymoron.

Answer 13

Two words side by side with opposite meanings.

Question 14

Define: Minor sentence

Answer 14

A sentence with no subject and verb combination.

Question 15

Define: Simple sentence

Answer 15

A sentence with 1 independent clause (a clause that starts with the subject and has a word in it.)

Question 16

Define: Compound sentence

Answer 16

2 independent clauses separated by a co-ordinating conjunction.

Question 17

Define: Complex sentence

Answer 17

A sentence with at least 1 subordinate clause.

Question 18

Define: Multi-Clause Sentence

Answer 18

A sentence with a number of clauses in.

Question 19

Define: Embedded Clause

Answer 19

A clause that is ‘embedded’ within another clause.

Question 20

Define: Anaphora

Answer 20

Repeating the same phrase or word at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

Question 21

Define: Syndetic Listing.

Answer 21

Separating things in a list with conjunction.

Question 22

Define: Asyndeton

Answer 22

Listing without the use of conjunctions.

Question 23

Define: Epiphora

Answer 23

Repeating the same phrase or word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.