Language Features

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

Exaggeration; Eg. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

Question 2

Pun

Answer 2

A play on words; Eg. We went camping it was in tents (intense)

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Given human characteristics to a non-human thing; Eg. The branch knocked on the window

Question 4

Personal Pronouns

Answer 4

Used when referring to a person; Eg. I, you, she

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Comparing two things using the words like or as; Eg. Her eyes were like diamonds

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing two things saying one is the other; Eg. Her eyes were diamonds

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

A string of words that begin with the same letter or sound; Eg. Tiny Tim Takes Tennis

Question 8

Sibilance

Answer 8

Alliteration with the letter ‘S’; Eg. She Sells Sea Shells

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repetition of the vowel sound; Eg. The moon’s a balloon

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

A noise that sounds like the word; Eg. Bang, splat

Question 11

Repetition

Answer 11

The act of repeating a sentence or phrase; Eg. Hit it, hit it, hit it

Question 12

Connotation

Answer 12

Words with an association that can lead to other meanings; Eg. Skinny can mean bony or malnourished

Question 13

Use of senses

Answer 13

Using senses to engage the reader or explain something in detail

Question 14

Cliche

Answer 14

A phrase or opinion that is overused and lacks originality

Question 15

Colloquialism

Answer 15

A word or phrase that is not formal and is used in familiar conversation

Question 16

Statistics

Answer 16

Used for drawing conclusions using analysis of data

Question 17

Direct Speech

Answer 17

The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of the speaker

Question 18

Emotive Language

Answer 18

Words or phrases that carry emotional weight, often used to persuade people to agree with them

Question 19

Imperative

Answer 19

A suggestion or command

Question 20

Euphemism

Answer 20

A mild or indirect expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh

Question 21

Anecdote

Answer 21

A short amusing or interesting story

Question 22

Allusion

Answer 22

An expression designed to bring something to mind without recalling it

Question 23

Jargon

Answer 23

Special words or expression used by a profession or group and hard to understand by others

Question 24

Superlative

Answer 24

The highest degree of something

Question 25

Denotation

Answer 25

Literal meaning of something