Language devices and definitions Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is pathetic fallacy?
When the weather affects the mood in a text ‘the weather is dark and evil’
What is personification?
When you give something that is non human a human feature
‘This board was standing behind me’
What is a noun?
A name of something such as a car sport or animal
What is a simile?
When you compare two nouns using like or as
‘John ran fast like a cheetah’
What is a metaphor
Comparing two nouns without using like or as
‘John is a cheetah’
What is an oxymoron
You combine an adjective with a noun
‘ A small giant’
What is Juxtaposition
Explaining the oxymoron
‘In tesco I saw a small giant it was standing on its tip toes struggling to reach the tin at the top of the shelf’
What is a rhetorical question?
A question that is asked that doesn’t require a response
‘ Is the sky blue?
‘What time do you call this?
What is alliteration?
When words in a row have the same letter at the start
‘Big Blue Ball’
What is sibilance?
When you repeat the letter S in a row
‘The snake slithered slowly through the sand’
What is emotive language
When the writer is trying to make the reader feel a certain emotion towards a dilemma in a story or towards a character
What is the rule of three
When you have three words or phrases describing one thing
‘It was a dark blue short sleeved jumper with yellow writing on the back’
What is a verb
An action that someone is doing
‘Running,jumping,eating
What is an adverb
Describing a verb
‘He was eating his food slowly’
‘He was jumping in the air with rage’
What is hubris
When a character in a story or piece of writing is overly confident or arrogant
