Language Features

Question 1

Rhyme

Answer 1

The ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines in poetry, but may be internal (within a line). E.g Darkness fell, laying a blanket on the sun
Letting the creatures of the night have fun

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words, e.g “Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground” - Grantchester Meadows by Pink Floyd.

Question 3

Sound Clusters

Answer 3

A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words e.g Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…
I love to see the cottage smoke curl upwards through the trees.

Question 4

Parallel construction

Answer 4

Using the same word class order twice (in same or two sentences) e.g I like to reading, walking and baking

Question 5

Triple construction

Answer 5

Repeating three times a group of words which have the same pattern of word classes. Each group may or may not start with the same word/s. E.g I planned, I played, I won

Question 6

Litotes

Answer 6

Deliberate understatement e.g I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt me

Question 7

Litotes

Answer 7

Deliberate understatement e.g I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt me

Question 8

Choice of words (vocabulary)

Answer 8

Using more unusual or specialized or technical words e.g they danced the winds eerie threnody (sad song).

Question 9

Neologism

Answer 9

New word – an invented word e.g coronavirus, covid, lockdowns, covidiots, covid dissidents, maskmadness, infodemia, and coronarka

Question 10

Euphemism

Answer 10

Use of a less objectionable or harsh expression to avoid upsetting or offending people e.g he passed away

Question 11

Symbolism

Answer 11

Use of an object (concrete noun) to represent some emotion or belief system or other abstract noun e.g dove for love

Question 12

Emotive language

Answer 12

Choice of words that have specifically intended emotional effects or are intended to evoke an emotional response in the reader e.g a river of blood followed

Question 13

Use of first and second person pronoun

Answer 13

1st person singular = I, me, my, mine, plural = We, us, our, ours
2nd person singular and plural = You, your, yours

Mostly used in 
autobiography
1st person narrative
direct speech 
oral presentations.
 E.g I went to the park