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)

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repitition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words - usually in succession

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words.

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

Words sound like the sounds they name.

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

Repeating the same or nearly the same words for effect.

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

An image which compares two things using like or as

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

An image which gives human qualities to non-human things

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

An image which compares two things without using like or as

Question 8

Choice of words

Vocabulary

Answer 8

Using more unusual or specialized or technical words

Question 9

Use of slang

Answer 9

Most likely used in direct speech

Question 10

Use of direct or indirect speech

Answer 10

Quoting or reporting spoken words

Question 11

Use of incorrect grammar

Answer 11

Generally used in direct speech but may also be used in autobiography for specific effect

Question 12

Pun

Answer 12

Word play involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

Deliberate exaggeration

Question 14

Litotes

Answer 14

Deliberate understatement

Question 15

Use of multiple adjectives or adverbs

Triple

Answer 15

The adjectives give more information about the noun and the adverbs about the verb

Question 16

Simple sentences

Answer 16

These only have one complete verb, though there may be one or more incomplete verbs

Question 17

Compound sentences

Answer 17

These have a minimum of two complete verbs and each part of the sentence can stand on its own

Question 18

Complex sentences

Answer 18

These have a minimum of two complete verbs; the part of sentence which has one of those verbs, but cannot stand on its own, is called a subordinate clause.

Question 19

Rhetorical question

Answer 19

A question that does not expect an answer from the reader or audience.

Question 20

Use of command/imperative

Answer 20

This is the verb used alone ( without a noun or pronoun). Can be used with adverbs or other word classes