Language And Structure Words Flashcards
Adjective
Words that describe nouns e.g. green,huge sparkily
Verbs
Doing words, eg run
Adverb
Words that describe verbs e.g. quickly, patiently
Pronoun
Someone or something, the subject of the sentence Eg we, me, he,she,they,them
Simile
Comparison using like or as to create a vivid image e.g. she flew like a bird
Metaphor
Without using like or as e.g. a sea of troubles or drowning in debt
Personification
A type of imagery in which non-human objects animals or ideas are given human characteristics e.g. the leaves danced in the breeze
Pathetic fallacy
The environment ( usually the weather) reflects the mood of the character or scene
Onomatopoeia
The sounds of words to express or underline the meaning, sensory imaging e.g. crunch, pop, screech
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words e.g. harsh bark, moonlit pool
Rule of three
Repetition in a group of 3 to strengthen an idea or argument e.g. freedom, equality and justice
Hyperbole
Over the top exaggeration for affect e.g. I have 10 tons of homework to do
Temporal references
References to time how it affects the reader, comment on how time is used to speed up or slow down the pace of the text
Foreshadowing
Hint at something that will happen later on have a greater significance
Effect of repetion in writing
Repetitive features can highlight key meanings, indicators development or show a lack of change
Simple sentence
A simple sentence consist of one clause that has a subject and a verb
Counpound sentence
A compound sentence has at least two major independent clauses they can be joined together by a comma, semicolon, or a coordinating conjunction such as and, or ,and but
Complex sentence
It communicates more than one idea however the ideas are not equal e.g. you can’t persuade me to go into town, no matter how hard you try, you can see that this sentence if it was split up with a full stop Where the comma is wouldn’t make sense
Synaesthesia
A technique in which one sense used to represent another, or where a sense is used to add meaning to an unrelated experience e.g. “feeling blue” uses colour and a sense of sight to describe emotion
Synecdoche
This means using part of something to represent the whole e.g. referring to a “set of wheels” to mean a who,e car or referring to “boots on the ground” to refer to soldiers in the army
Parenthesis
Extra information is included in the middle sentence, contained within dashes, brackets or commas.
Ellipsis
Were three dots… Are used to indicate something more could be added
