Language Features

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of the same consonant sound

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of the same vowel sound

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

Short, informal reference to a famous person or event

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Contrasting relationship between two ideas

Question 6

Epistrophe

Answer 6

Repetition of words at the end of a sentence

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Obvious and deliberate exaggeration to emphasise something

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

Two words of opposite meaning to give dramatic effect

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

Comparing two things using like or as

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

Comparison without using like or as

Question 11

Paradox

Answer 11

Juxtaposition of incompatible ideas

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

Assigning human qualities to something that is not human

Question 13

Rhetorical Question

Answer 13

Asking a question for effect, not requiring an answer

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

When words sound like the sound