Language Techniques

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

Give an inanimate object a human feeling or characteristics.

EG-The tree dance in the breeze.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

EG- The terrible teacher gave us too much homework

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.

EG- thump,bang

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

Comparing things using like and as.

EG-as strong as an ox

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common.A metaphor’s comparison is more indirect, usually made by stating something is something else.
EG-heart of gold.

Question 6

Sibilance

Answer 6

A group of words that share a s sound

EG- Sadly,sam’s snake slithered away

Question 7

Rhetorical question

Answer 7

A question that is to make a point rather than to get an answer.

EG-Why do these things always happen to me?

Question 8

Collegial language

Answer 8

It is an informal conversation between people

EG- slang: innit,cap

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

EG- it was so cold i saw polar bears wearing hats

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

The use of description that creates a visual image in out minds
Eg- the sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold

Question 11

Noun

Answer 11

It is an object/thing

EG-The MAN walked across the ROAD

Question 12

Verb

Answer 12

A word to describe an action

EG- The man RAN across the road

Question 13

Adjective

Answer 13

A word the describes a noun

EG The OLD man walked across the road

Question 14

Adverb

Answer 14

A word the describes a verb

EG- the man QUICKLY walked across the road

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

Repeating words that have already been written

Eg- the boy RAN AWAY from the school as he couldn’t stand any of the teacher.
The next do he came back he RAN AWAY again.

Question 16

Oxymoron

Answer 16

Two opposite word right next to each other

Eg their relationship was a LOVE HATE relationship

Question 17

Pronoun

Answer 17

A word that replaces a name in a sentence

EG- HE stole my money

Question 18

Abstract noun

Answer 18

It is a thing that doesn’t exist / you can’t touch it

EG- LOVE

Question 19

Collective noun

Answer 19

It is name you call a group of people or things

EG- a GAGGLE OF GEESE

Question 20

Proper noun

Answer 20

It is name for a person or a thing

EG-BIG BEN(the clock tower) rang 1 minute late.

Question 21

Assonance

Answer 21

It is the repetition of vowels without the repetition of consonants.

EG- MIKE LIKES his new BIKE

Question 22

Dialect

Answer 22

A form of language spoken in a particular are that uses some of it’s own words, grammar and pronunciations

EG- England-HELLO, Other place-HOWDY

Question 23

Dialogue

Answer 23

A conversation between two or more people.

EG-“Lisa,” said Kyle, “I need help moving this box of toys for the garage sale.

Question 24

Dissonance

Answer 24

It is the repetition of the same vowel sounds to create a inharmonious sound or something doesn’t fit into whats happening.

Question 25

Enjambment

Answer 25

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Question 26

IRONY

Answer 26

using language that normally signifies the opposite

EG- How nice is to ruin some ones day

Question 27

Monologue

Answer 27

A long a speech by one actor in a play or film

Question 28

Article

Answer 28

An article is a word used to modify a noun, which is a person, place, object, or idea. Technically, an article is an adjective, which is any word that modifies a noun. Usually adjectives modify nouns through description, but articles are used instead to point out or refer to nouns.

EG- the freckles on his face

Question 29

Pathos

Answer 29

Words of phrases that evoke pity or sadness.

EG if we don’t make move we are all going to die.

Question 30

Ryhme

Answer 30

It is the same sound between or the ending of words.

EG crime,time

Question 31

Rhythm

Answer 31

A regular repeated pattern of movement or sound in words with syllables

Question 32

Caesura

Answer 32

A pause in the middle of a line

Question 33

Symbolism

Answer 33

Something being represented by symbols or the symbolic meaning

Question 34

Semantic field

Answer 34

A set of words that are related

EG kick,foul,foal all related to football

Question 35

Preposition

Answer 35

A word or a group of words that go before a noun usually an adverb,adjective or noun