Language Features Flashcards
Alliteration
When the first letter/sound are put together
Onomatopoeia
When the word sounds like the noise it describes
Metaphor
When something is described as being something else
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
Verb
A doing word
Adverb
A word describing a verb
Semantic field
A group of words that are related in some way
Modal verbs
Should, could, might and may
Determiner
Modifying word referencing a noun, a boy, a girl, the boy, the girl
Imperative verb
An order or command
Superlative
Anything of the highest degree or quality, best, greatest, smallest
Juxtaposition
Two things being seen or placed together for contrasting effect.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech where two contradictory terms appear together. Sinister fairy tale, seriously funny, living dead, act naturally.
Imagery
Similes, metaphors and personification; they all compare something “real” with something ‘imagined’
Irony
The humours or sarcastic use of words or ideas.
Personification
Giving an object or thing human qualities or emotions
Interpret
Explain the meaning of something in your own words, showing you understand
Statistics
Figures, such as 85% or 4000 children
Vowels
The letters a,e,i,o,u
Third person
From the point of view of someone. He, she or they
Climax
The most exciting point in a story
Repetition
Repeating something
Abstract noun
A word used to identify emotions, ideas and qualities.
Flashback
A section in a text that is set before the events of the main story
Topic sentence
The sentence that introduces or summarises the main idea of a paragraph
Dialogue
Conversations between two or more characters
