Language Techniques

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

a person, place, thing, idea

First footnote

Question 2

Verb

Answer 2

an action or state

Second footnote

Question 3

Modal Verb

Answer 3

expresses necessity or possibility

Third footnote

Question 4

Imperative verb

Answer 4

gives an order or command

Fourth footnote

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

modifies a verb, adjective, adverb or phrase

Fifth footnote

Question 6

Adjective

Answer 6

describes a noun

Sixth footnote

Question 7

Pronoun

Answer 7

used in place of a noun

Seventh footnote

Question 8

Superlative

Answer 8

an adjective showing the highest quality or degree

Eighth footnote

Question 9

Symbolism

Answer 9

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Ninth footnote

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

the same letter or sound at the start of adjacent words

Tenth footnote

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

direct comparison of two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Eleventh footnote

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Twelfth footnote

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

the giving of human characteristics to a non-human object

Thirteenth footnote

Question 14

Semantic field

Answer 14

the use of a group of words that all link to the same topic

Fourteenth footnote

Question 15

Hyperbole

Answer 15

exaggeration that should not be taken literally

Fifteenth footnote

Question 16

Imagery

Answer 16

vivid description of a particular scene

Sixteenth footnote

Question 17

Auditory imagery

Answer 17

vivid description of sounds

Seventeenth footnote

Question 18

Tactile imagery

Answer 18

vivid description of physical sensation

Eighteenth footnote

Question 19

Olfactory imagery

Answer 19

vivid description of smell

Nineteenth footnote

Question 20

Gustatory imagery

Answer 20

vivid description of taste / flavour

Twentieth footnote

Question 21

Kinesthetic imagery

Answer 21

vivid description of movement or body position

Twenty-first footnote

Question 22

Onomatopeia

Answer 22

Words that immitate sound when spoken

Question 23

Rhetorical Question

Answer 23

A question to the reader that doesn’t require an answer

Question 24

Oxymoron

Answer 24

A phrase combing contradictiry terms