Language Devices

Question 1

Alliteration?

Answer 1

Words in a sentence/passage that begin with the same letter or sound

Question 2

Plosive alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of the b or p sound at the beginning of words

Question 3

Sibilance

Answer 3

Repetition of s or sh sound at the beginning of words

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Comparing one thing to another by saying it is something else

Question 5

Similie

Answer 5

Comparing one thing to another using like or as

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Words that sound like what they are

Question 8

Adjective

Answer 8

A describing word

Question 9

Verb

Answer 9

A doing word

Question 10

Noun

Answer 10

A naming thing (person place or a thing)

Question 11

Pronoun

Answer 11

I/You/hé/She/they etc

Question 12

Adverb

Answer 12

Describing a verb usually ends in -ly

Question 13

Connotations

Answer 13

The associated meanings of a word

Question 14

Colloquial language

Answer 14

Informal or slang language

Question 15

Semantic field

Answer 15

A group of words suggesting a theme/topic

Question 16

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 16

When the weather reflects the actions/mood of the story