language techniques

Question 1

Use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a consecutive words or words in close proximity

Answer 1

Alliteration

draws attention to certain phrases or sentences. The phrase has more emphasis

Question 2

A way of making reference to something else without explicitly stating what it is ur referring to.

Answer 2

Allusion

Infer meaning by creating parallels between their text and whatever they are alluding to.
Create contrast between the author’s argument and their allusion

Question 3

When words or a phrase repeats at the beginning of consecutive sentences or clauses.

Answer 3

Anaphora
Create emphasis and draw the eye of the reader which creates rhythm and injection emotion into the text.

Question 4

A short statement about a widely accepted truth. These are often amusing or witty in nature.

Answer 4

Aphorisms
builds trust by making use of universal truths. reader comes to understand the writer as trustworthy thus increasing engagement and helping persuade them of the writer’s argument.

Question 5

Repetition of a similar vowel sound in consecutive words or words in close proximity.

Answer 5

Assonance

creates rhythm. It allows readers to interpret a sentence the way the author intended by making clear which vowel sound should be stressed.

Question 6

Repetition of similar consonant sound in consecutive word

Answer 6

consonance

helps to create rhythm. It makes a sentence more pleasing to the ear and increasing the reader’s engagement.

Question 7

A rhetorical device in which a writer draws attention to the difference between the two things or events.

Answer 7

Contrast

through comparing and contrasting, the writers can make stronger arguments and create stronger statements further engaging the reader.

Question 8

The words a writer chooses to use to best convey their message.

Answer 8

Diction

responsible for the way a reader interprets a text and can be used in any way a writer pleases. It can be used to emphasise character’s emotions, or repression of emotions. It can be used to create tone.

Question 9

Language used to imply something unpleasant or impolite

Answer 9

Euphemism

Used to mask the impoliteness or rudeness of a reamrk and softens an uncomfortable topic.

Question 10

A warning of events to come into text

Answer 10

Foreshadowing

Increases the narrative tension by giving readers an implication of what is to come. This is especially potent when used to foreshadow a distressing event while the plot is calm

Question 11

Figurative speech used for exaggeration

Answer 11

Often adds an element of comedy and amusement to a text and it allows an author to add excitement to a tedious of mundane subject.

Question 12

expression of an emotion or thought by using language which typically means the opposite. It is often amusing which injects a degree of comedy.

Answer 12

Irony
draws attention to a statment by bringing humour to a situation. Induces a degree of foreboding

Question 13

Visually descriptive language used to appeal to the reader’s senses

Answer 13

imagery

increases reader engagement by allowing them to use their imagination to put themselves in the scene. They will become more invested.

Question 14

Two opposing things places next to each other for contrast.

Answer 14

Juxtaposition

draw attention to the differences between two things.

Question 15

A figure of speech in which an object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them

Answer 15

Metaphors

draw the attention of the reader by engaging their imagination in their interpretation of the metaphor. Create more manageable images in readers mind and further prompting engagment,

Question 16

Words that sound like the sounds they are describing.

Answer 16

Onomatopoeia

add depth to the text. Using words that sound how they are written engages the reader’s senses, encouraging deeper emotional involvement.

Question 17

a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are used consecutively

Answer 17

oxymoron

Used to draw the reader’s attention. The element of confusion they create causes the reader to stop and ponder the meaning of the phrase.

Question 18

Giving human characteristics to non- humans or inanimate objects

Answer 18

Personification

Creates depth in a text by giving a voice to otherwise silent unmoving objects. Maximises engagnement abd being fully immersed in the texts

Question 19

Harsh sounds associated with the letters p,t,k,b,d, and g which interrupt airflow by closing the mouth

Answer 19

plosive sounds

harsh and help to conve complex emotion like fustrationa dn anger. Allows readers to deeply undstand the emotions;

Question 20

repreating someething that as already been used

Answer 20

repetition

emhpasise a point. Makes it clear that it is important. it draws the eye of the reader while simutanously emphasising the importance

Question 21

A figure of speech in which an object or idea is compare to another to suggest similarity between them

Answer 21

Simile

drawing attention by engaging their imagination.