Language Devices Flashcards
Alliteration?
Words in a sentence/passage that begin with the same letter or sound
Plosive alliteration
Repetition of the b or p sound at the beginning of words
Sibilance
Repetition of s or sh sound at the beginning of words
Metaphor
Comparing one thing to another by saying it is something else
Similie
Comparing one thing to another using like or as
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they are
Adjective
A describing word
Verb
A doing word
Noun
A naming thing (person place or a thing)
Pronoun
I/You/hé/She/they etc
Adverb
Describing a verb usually ends in -ly
Connotations
The associated meanings of a word
Colloquial language
Informal or slang language
Semantic field
A group of words suggesting a theme/topic
Pathetic fallacy
When the weather reflects the actions/mood of the story
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Parallelism
the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, metre, meaning, etc
Antithesis
is a technique that conveys two opposing concepts in a sentence
Anecdote
Short story
Litotes
ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g. I shan’t be sorry for I shall be glad )
Paradox
a self-contradictory statement or scenario that challenges conventional thinking
Chiasmus
a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
