Language methods Flashcards
1
Q
What is a simile?
A
saying something is like something else
2
Q
What is a metaphor?
A
saying something is something else?
3
Q
what is personification?
A
giving an inanimate object human characteristics
4
Q
What is onomatopoeia?
A
A word that when you read it sounds like what it sounds like in real life for instance: bang, crash or pop
5
Q
What is a hyperbole?
A
It is the use of exaggeration
6
Q
What is personification?
A
When something is given human characteristics
7
Q
What is an oxymoron?
A
A figure of speech that puts two opposite ideas together that contradict themselves e.g. bitter sweet
8
Q
What is foreshadowing?
A
where the writer hints at what’s to come
9
Q
What is pathetic fallacy?
A
This is where the weather is used to project a characters mood or feelings or something else.
