Language Devices

Question 1

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 1

Weather/Atmosphere describes mood

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Compare two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

Compare two things using ‘is’ or ‘are’

Question 4

Extended metaphor

Answer 4

Explaining a metaphor

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

2 opposite words side-by-side

Question 6

Juxtaposition

Answer 6

Explaining the oxymoron

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

Objects representing meanings

Question 8

Semantic field

Answer 8

Words linked to an idea

Question 9

Example of Semantic field

Answer 9

PPE, 2 meter social distance and hand sanitiser all link to Covid-19

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

Event in text surprises characters

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Over-exaggerating

Question 12

Assonance

Answer 12

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 13

Example of Assonance

Answer 13

‘Too cool for school’

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

Words in a row have ‘S’ letter or sound

Question 15

Example of Sibilance

Answer 15

‘The snake was slowly hissing’

Question 16

Euphemism

Answer 16

Saying something indirectly

Question 17

Example of Euphemism

Answer 17

‘He is not with us anymore’

Question 18

Emotive language

Answer 18

Language makes reader feel a certain way

Question 19

Rule of 3

Answer 19

3 words in a row which describe something

Question 20

Plosive

Answer 20

Repetition of harsh sounds

Question 21

Examples of Plosive

Answer 21

‘P’ ‘D’ ‘B’

Question 22

Zoomorphism

Answer 22

Giving a person animal features