Language Features

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison where one thing is compared to another using like or as .e.g. he was petit like a mouse

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another .e.g. when i score a try i feel unstoppable

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

When you give human qualities to something that isn’t living or isn’t human e.g. the tall lamppost

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words to create an effect e.g. the green grass grows from the ground

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

A word which imitates a sound e.g. i was so hungry my stomach was belching

Question 6

Pattern of three

Answer 6

Listing three things to create a specific effect e.g. see it,say it, sorted

Question 7

Language for emotive effect

Answer 7

Words and phrases deliberately used to provoke a specific emotion reaction e.g. a young frail primary school child was involved in a tragic hit and run down by a suspected drunken immigrant

Question 8

Rhetorical question

Answer 8

A question that is asked for effect rather that for an answer e.g. why don’t you act your age not your shoe size?

Question 9

Adjective

Answer 9

A word that describes a person,place or thing e.g. the blue flower

Question 10

Verb

Answer 10

A doing or being word that has a tense (present,past or future) e.g. i ran across a road

Question 11

Clause

Answer 11

A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb e.g. and then we walked home

Question 12

Simple sentence (single-clause sentence)

Answer 12

The most basic form of sentence, consisting of a subject and a verb e.g.he walked

Question 13

Complex sentence (a type of multi-clause sentence)

Answer 13

A sentence that has a main clause and one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses. The clauses are linked by a subordinating conjunction,such as because,since,after,although,or when(and many others) or a relative pronoun such as that,who or which e.g. the headmaster,held an assembly in-front of the whole school to sing the praises about the recent year 10’s rugby success

Question 14

Punctuation

Answer 14

Marks used to aid the understanding of a piece of writing. Writers can use punctuation imaginatively to create an effect e.g.when we went shopping my mum had to buy; eggs,milk and bread.

Question 15

Phrase

Answer 15

A group of words that can be understood as a unit e.g. over the bridge

Question 16

Compound sentence (a type of multi-clause sentence)

Answer 16

A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction such as for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so e.g. My teams inside centre ran through the whole opposition and scored an amazing last minute match winning try to secure 4 points and i ran over to celebrate with him

Question 17

Explicit

Answer 17

Stating something openly and exactly

Question 18

Implicit

Answer 18

Implied or suggested but not stated openly

Question 19

Bathos

Answer 19

An abrupt transistion in style from exlated to the commonplace producing a humorus effect

Question 20

Synthesis

Answer 20

Produce something that has been blended together from two sources

Question 21

Summary

Answer 21

To give the main point of something briefly