Language Techniques Flashcards
Personification
Gives an inanimate object human feeling or characteristic.
The lightning danced across the sea
Alliteration
When the word starts with a sound or letter which is the same
The big bully, bullied the boy
onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Sizzle
Simile
When you describe something as or like something else
The table was as white as snow
Metaphor
Describing something like it is something
The boy was a pig
Sibilance
Having a sound repeated in a sentence
Sadly sam sold seven venomous serpents to Sally and Cyrus in San Francisco
Rhetorical Question
A question that doesn’t need answering
Would you jump of a cliff?
Colloquial language
The way you speak to a friend (informal language)
What ya up to
Hyperbole
Really exaggerated something
It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary sense
The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet.
Noun
A object that can be touched
The MAN walked across the ROAD.
Verb
A word that is doing something
The man WALKED across the road.
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
The HANSOM man walked across the WIDE road.
Adverb
A word that describes a verb
The man walked ACROSS the road.
Repetition
When a word or phrase is repeated
Hart to Hart. Over and Over.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech which is apparently opposites
Faith and Unfaithful. Kept him falsely true.
Pronoun
A noun that refers to someone in the first, second or third person.
I walked across the road to see HIM on the other side.
Abstract noun
A noun that refers to an idea, feeling or state.
TRUTH is the best thing.
Proper noun
a noun that refers to a person or a famous place
PATRICK walked across the road the the LONDON EYE.
Collective noun
A noun that represents a collection of individuals
The FAMILY walked on the other side of the road to let the CREW of sailers past.
Assonance
Resemblance between symbols between words near each other
Oh, how evening light fades over the lake.
Dialect
A form of language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
Cantonese to the Chinese language.
Dialogue
A conversation between 2 or more people in a book or writing
“Hi” said Bob
“Hi” said Jim.
Dissonance
Lack of harmony between 2 people or objects
The baby cried whilst the mother was mad.
Enjambment
A sentence/ paragraph with ought pauses
The Good-Morrow
Irony
The opposite of what was expected
After 13 years, a bit of luck.
Monologue
A long speech
Presidency speeches
Pathos
A quality which creates sadness and pity
The man was diagnosed with cancer
Rhyme
A sound repeated at the end of a word or sentence
Sadly Sally
Rhythm
A strong repeated pattern
Lamp (X/)
Caesura
Pauses near the middle of a line
Sing a song of sixpence
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent an idea
A shower of explanation marks rained down
Semantic field
When sentences and aragraphs have a theme to them
Ball, goal, post, ref = Football
Preposition
A word to describe where a thing or person is
He was BEHIND the box.
Artical
Articles are used before nouns
THE school
An object that keeps comming up which could have a deeper meaning
Imperative
A commanding verb
