!Language devices

Question 1

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 1

Is when the weather or the atmosphere describes the mood.

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Is when a non-human is given human qualities.

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

When you are comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Is when you are comparing two things with is or are

Question 5

Extended Metaphor

Answer 5

Pick a metaphor and explain how — > turn in to an extended metaphor
Metaphor — > Life is a rollercoaster. Now turning into extended metaphor add explanation so, Life is a rollercoaster you don’t know when you will be at the top or at the bottom, it will all happen in an instance, at the greatest heights you will be at the greatest heights and at times it will crash, but every day is never the same, just like in a turn in a Rolle coaster is never the same.

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

2 opposite words side-by-side
Example, the small giant

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

Two contrasting ideas

Question 8

Symbolism

Answer 8

Is when objects represent a meaning.
For example, moon and the star represent Islam.

Question 9

Semantic field

Answer 9

Is where words are linked to an idea.

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

Is when events in the text surprises the characters

Question 11

Rhetorical Question

Answer 11

Question does not require an answer

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Is when you hype, when over-exaggerating

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Is the repetition of the vowel sound.

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

Is when words in a row have the s letter or the s sound

Question 15

Euphemism

Answer 15

Is when you say something in an indirect manner.
He is not with us anymore.

Question 16

Emotive Language

Answer 16

Is when the writer makes the reader feel emotional. By making them angry.

Question 17

Onomatopoeia

Answer 17

Words describe the sound
Boom bang skirr pop

Question 18

Ruel of 3 / Power of 3 / Triplets

Answer 18

Words or phrases in a row describe something (3)
The table is black, hard and wide

Question 19

Facts/ Stats

Answer 19

Uses evidence to support their facts.

Question 20

Plosive

Answer 20

Reptation of harsh sound
Words such as ‘P’ ‘D’ ‘B’