Language Techniques

Question 1

Personification

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Answer 1

Give an intimate object a human feeling or characteristic

E.g. the tree danced happily in the breeze

Question 2

Alliteration

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Answer 2

Using the same first letter for two words next to each other

E.g. the sizzling sausages

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

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Answer 3

Words that create the effect of something moving or happening

E.g. pow, bang, splash, trickle, creak or vroom

Question 4

Simile

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Answer 4

When the words “like” or “as……as” are used to describe something as something else

E.g. the night was as cold as the arctic

Question 5

Metaphor

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Answer 5

When you give something imagery or characteristics to describe it as though it is something else

E.g. the carnivorous sun and kind moon

Question 6

Sibilance

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Answer 6

Sibilance is a figure of speech in which a hissing sound is created within a group of words through the repetition of “s” sounds

E.g. the slimy snake slithered away

Question 7

Rhetorical Queastion

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Answer 7

A question that is not meant to be answered to create effect, most effective in speeches

E.g. do you like to mistreat your kids?

Question 8

Hyperbole

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Answer 8

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

E.g. he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles

Question 9

Imagery

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Answer 9

When you describe something with words that can be imagined in your head

E.g. the leaves were heart shaped with a tint of red

Question 10

Noun

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Answer 10

A noun is a word that refers to an object or thing.

E.g. “the dog ran towards the chicken”

Question 11

Verb

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Answer 11

A verb is a doing word which means it is a motion or movement
E.g. “The girl ran away from home”

Question 12

Adjective

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Answer 12

An adjective is a descriptive word used to modify a noun or noun phrase

E.g.”The small, sharp pencil”

Question 13

Adverb

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Answer 13

An adverb is used to describe a verb but it isn’t a verb itself

E.g. “She sprinted cautiously”

Question 14

Repetition

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Answer 14

A word or phrase used 2 or more times within a close proximity to create effect

E.g. “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”

Question 15

Oxymoron

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Answer 15

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear

E.g “The same difference”

Question 16

Pronoun

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Answer 16

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun and there are 5 types of pronouns

E.g. “He, she, I, me, herself, you, it, they, each, few, many, everybody”

Question 17

Abstract Noun

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Answer 17

A noun denoting an idea, quality or state rather than a concrete object. It expresses qualities that can’t be seen, heard, touched, tasted or smelt.

E.g. “Liberty, anger, freedom, love”

Question 18

Proper noun

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Answer 18

A specific name for a person, place or thing. The first letter is always capitalised.

E.g. “Paris, Joe, Billy, Germany”

Question 19

Collective noun

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Answer 19

A collection of things taken as a whole

E.g. “A group of people, a pack of wolves, a flock of sheep”

Question 20

Assonance

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Answer 20

A resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words

E.g. “Oh, how the evening light fades over the lake”

Question 21

Dialect

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Answer 21

A rather particular form of language which is peculiar to a specific region or group

E.g. North American “hello” South American “howdy”

Question 22

Dialogue

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Answer 22

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play or film

E.g. “Lisa” said Kyle “I need help moving this box”

Question 23

Dissonance

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Answer 23

Lack of agreement or harmony between people or things
Use of impolite harsh or impolite and unusual words in poetry

E.g. A baby crying A person screaming An alarm going off

Question 24

Enjambment

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Answer 24

Builds drama in poetry. The end of the first line isn’t the end of a thought but rather a cliff hanger

E.g. “The good Morrow
I wonder by my troth”

Question 25

Irony

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Answer 25

The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humans or empathetic effect

E.g. “Don’t go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony

Question 26

Monologue

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Answer 26

A long speech by one actor in a play or film

E.g. A long speech about a characters emotions

Question 27

Colloquial Language

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Answer 27

Words or expressions used in ordinary language by common people

E.g. “a bit, yeah, yeet”

Question 28

Pathos

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Answer 28

A quality that evokes pity or sadness

E.g. “Teenager begging for a brand of jeans”

Question 29

Rhyme

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Answer 29

Correspondence of sound between words or endings of words

E.g. “lake and bake, sad and mad”

Question 30

Rhythm

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Answer 30

The measured flow of words and phrases in a verse or prose

E.g. “twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house”

Question 31

Caesura

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Answer 31

A break between words within a metrical foot

E.g.”to be or not to be”

Question 32

Symbolism

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Answer 32

To convey the hidden meaning to the reader or listener

E.g. “black represents death”

Question 33

Semantic field

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Answer 33

A lexical set of semantically related items, for example verbs of perception. Used to keep image in the readers head

E.g. “Water” is divided into subfields like ocean, bay, cove

Question 34

Preposition

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Answer 34

Where or when something is in relation to something else

E.g. “After, before, on, under, inside”

Question 35

Article

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Answer 35

Word used to modify a noun by specifying it

E.g. “Lets read the book”