Language Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of the same sound, usually letters in close succession

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

A word which refers to a previously used word

Question 3

Asyndetic Listing

Answer 3

A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions like ‘and’.

Question 4

Auditory imagery

Answer 4

Language which appeals to the reader’s hearing.

Question 5

Biblical

Answer 5

Relating to the bible; religious connotations.

Question 6

Catalyst

Answer 6

A dramatic tool which is used to speed up the plot.

Question 7

Colloquialism

Answer 7

An informal phrase common at its time of utterance.

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Using text to create implied meaning without explicitly referring to said meaning.

Question 9

Didactic

Answer 9

A moral message, meaning to give instructions.

Question 10

Dramatic Irony

Answer 10

When the audience knows information which the character does not know.

Question 11

Epitome

Answer 11

The perfect/ultimate embodiment of quality.

Question 12

Foreboding

Answer 12

Apprehension that a bad event will occur.

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

Use of exaggerated statements.

Question 14

Interjection

Answer 14

Sudden remark, used often as an interruption or aside in the text.

Question 15

Irony

Answer 15

Embedding a meaning by using language typically implying the opposite of what the writer is intending to express, often for a humorous effect.

Question 16

Juxtaposition

Answer 16

Comparing two concepts, characters, or clauses, in close proximity in a passage for the effect of contrast.

Question 17

Moral imperative

Answer 17

An instruction on what is right and wrong, the Ghosts provide this.

Question 18

Olfactory imagery

Answer 18

Appeals to the reader’s sense of smell.

Question 19

Oxymoron

Answer 19

Two opposing terms are placed next to each other.

Question 20

Semantic field

Answer 20

A writer uses words which are linked by a theme or topic throughout a text or passage.

Question 21

Sibilance

Answer 21

Repetition of ‘s’ sounds.

Question 22

Stave

Answer 22

In musical notation, a ‘stave’ is a set of five horizontal lines where music is written and each often represents a different musical pitch.