Language & Structure Features

Question 1

Similie

Answer 1

Something that describes two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 2

Repetition

Answer 2

When words lines or phrases are repeated to emphasis a point

Question 3

Metaphor / extended metaphor

Answer 3

A descriptive technique that describes a person thing or action as something else

Question 4

Listing

Answer 4

When items verbs or objects are collected together in the form of a list

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

a metaphor attributing human qualities to an object

Question 6

Rhetorical question

Answer 6

a question asked by the speaker, not expecting an answer

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

the use of symbols (objects) to represent other ideas or qualities

Question 8

Caesura

Answer 8

a break or pause in the middle of a line (e.g. a colon, semicolon, full stop)

Question 9

Sensory imagery

Answer 9

mental images that are created for the reader from detailed descriptions

Question 10

Enjambment

Answer 10

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggerated language used for effect

Question 12

Rhyme

Answer 12

words that sound the same, especially at the ends of lines in poetry

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

same letters/sounds at the beginning of words

Question 14

Sibilance

Answer 14

alliterated ‘s’ sounds

Question 15

Assonance

Answer 15

Alliterates vowel sounds

Question 16

Onomatopoeia

Answer 16

Sound words

Question 17

Polysyllabic sounds

Answer 17

When there are at least two beats / syllables in a word

Question 18

Monosyllabic sounds

Answer 18

When a word has only 1 beat / syllable in it

Question 19

Plosives

Answer 19

harsh, blunt sounds [b, p, d, g, c, k, t]

Question 20

Mellifluous

Answer 20

Nice / pleasant sounding

Question 21

Fricatives

Answer 21

Alliteration with soft sounds [f,th]

Question 22

Juxtaposition

Answer 22

two things positioned close together with contrasting effect (two opposite things)

Question 23

Name the four different types of sentences

Answer 23

Exclamatory
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative

Question 24

Semantic field

Answer 24

words that are grouped together by a theme or topic

Question 25

iambic rhythm / metre word

Answer 25

Weak strong

Question 26

Dactylic rhyme / metre word

Answer 26

Strong weak weak