Language Devices - What are They?

Question 1

Adjective

Answer 1

A word to describe a noun.

Question 2

Adverb

Answer 2

Describes how a verb is performed (e.g quickly, carelessly)

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

A series of words starting with the same sound, not necessarily the same letter.

Question 4

Anecdote

Answer 4

A short account of a story told by someone.

Question 5

Audience/ Demographic

Answer 5

Whoever is reading or watching the media.

Question 6

Direct Address

Answer 6

Using pronouns to directly communicate with the audience.

Question 7

Similes

Answer 7

Making a comparison of two things by using ‘as’ or ‘like’.

Question 8

Metaphors

Answer 8

Describing something as something else.

Question 9

Connectives

Answer 9

Words to connect clauses.

Question 10

Emotive vocabulary

Answer 10

Particularly poignant and evocative language used to create intense emotion.

Question 11

Extended metaphor

Answer 11

A recurring theme or object in a play or text that represents something else.

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Language used to exaggerate something.

Question 13

Sibilance

Answer 13

A literary device where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately.

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Using language that normally signifies the opposite for humorous and emphatic effect.

Question 15

Triplets

Answer 15

Three similar words used together for effect.