Language Devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

Question 2

assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of vowel sounds in words which start with different consonants

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

Repetition of consonant sounds in words which are close together in a sentence

Question 4

Euphemism

Answer 4

An indirect or mild word/phrase used to replace one which is thought to be too harsh or offensive

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Deliberate exaggeration for effect

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Describing something by stating it is something else

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

Where the word imitates the sound of the thing it is naming

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

Placing two words next to each other which are actually opposite to each other

Question 10

Pun

Answer 10

A joke which plays in different meaning of a word

Question 11

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 11

The use of weather to reflect a characters mood

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

describing something by stating it is similar to something else

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

Where one thing is meant to represent something else