Language devices

Question 1

Anecdote

Answer 1

Real life examples/stories that refer to the point the writer is making

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Two or more words in succession, beginning with the same letter

Question 3

Ambiguity

Answer 3

To intentionally confuse meaning

Question 4

Adjectives

Answer 4

Describing words

Question 5

Adverbs

Answer 5

Describe how, when or where the verb is done

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

To intentionally lean heavily towards one particular side of an argument, without considering the opposing argument

Question 7

Counter Argument/Contrasting Argument

Answer 7

When a writer intentionally includes the opposing argument in order to show he/she is not being totally biased

Question 8

Cliché

Answer 8

A phrase that has been overused/very well known (to the point that it usually loses its impact!)

Question 9

Declaratives

Answer 9

Sentences that ‘declare’ an opinion or idea

Question 10

Emotive Language

Answer 10

Words or phrases which are used to intentionally stir emotions like anger, shock, disgust, pity

Question 11

Exclamatives

Answer 11

Sentences that use an exclamation mark at the end- usually to suggest anger or surprise

Question 12

Exaggeration/hyperbole

Answer 12

To exaggerate an idea usually to create a humorous image (although not always)

Question 13

Facts/statistics

Answer 13

Statements and figures which can be measured or proven to be true

Question 14

Formal Language

Answer 14

When a writer used more complex words and standard English

Question 15

Humour

Answer 15

Used to mock a person/idea/the reader, in order to ‘lighten the tone’ and gain favour with the reader

Question 16

Informal language

Answer 16

When a writer uses simpler words and non- standard English (slang,dialect)

Question 17

Irony/sarcasm

Answer 17

To make a statement of which you believe the total opposite is true

Question 18

Imperatives/commands

Answer 18

Sentences that tell the reader what to do

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

To compare something to something else that it couldn’t literally be

Question 20

Nouns:naming words:

Answer 20

• Common nouns:names for everyday objects; dog,table chair

- Proper nouns:official names of people,companies,schools,days of the week,places,etc

Question 21

Opinion

Answer 21

A writer’s personal point of view

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

To give an object human qualities or characteristics

Question 23

Pun/play on words

Answer 23

To use language for humour, especially using incorrect homophones to create a humorous caption/headline

Question 24

Rhetorical question

Answer 24

A question that does not require an answer, as the answer is implicitly obvious from the question itself

Question 25

Thought provoking question

Answer 25

A question that requires the reader to think or consider the issue on a personal level

Question 26

Quotes/expert opinion

Answer 26

To quote the expert opinion on the topic usually a doctor, lecturer, writer of a book about the same topic,etc

Question 27

Repetition

Answer 27

Repeating words, phrases or images in the reader’s mind, in order to make them more poignant

Question 28

Rule of three/triples

Answer 28

To repeat an image in three alternative ways, or to open three consecutive sentences in the same way

Question 29

Simile

Answer 29

To describe something as being ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else

Question 30

Scientific jargon

Answer 30

Language that is ordinarily used in the field of Science, in order to make a fact stand out as an educated point

Question 31

1st Person

Answer 31

‘I’ ‘me’ ‘we’

Question 32

2nd Person

Answer 32

‘you’ ‘your’

Question 33

3rd Person

Answer 33

‘he’ ‘she’ ‘they’

Question 34

Tone

Answer 34

The overall ‘voice’ of the article: angry? sarcastic? humorous? insulting? lighthearted? frustrated?

Question 35

Verbs

Answer 35

Doing or being words (in their original form, these words always have the word ‘to’ in front of them: to have, to love, to walk, etc.)