language devices Flashcards
1
Q
pathetic fallacy
A
weather matches mood
2
Q
personification
A
making object human
3
Q
simile
A
using like or as
4
Q
metaphor
A
saying something is something
5
Q
extended metaphor
A
metaphor that goes on for longer
6
Q
oxymoron
A
2 opposites side by side
7
Q
juxtaposition
A
explaining an oxymoron or a longer oxymoron
8
Q
symbol
A
someting respresenting something
9
Q
semantic field
A
words all linked to a theme
10
Q
irony
A
when texts surprise the characters
11
Q
rhetorical
A
with no answer
12
Q
hyperbole
A
overexaggerating
13
Q
assonance
A
repetition of the “oo”
14
Q
alliteration
A
words begin with the same letter
15
Q
sibilance
A
words have the s sound or letter
