Language Tecniques

Question 1

Figurative lanuage

Answer 1

Language that can’t be taken literally because it was written to create a special effect or feeling
E.G this footballer is on fire

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action
E.G her eyes were diamonds

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Comparison word such as ‘as’ or ‘like’
E,G life is like a box of chocolates

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Personal nature or a human characteristic to something non human
EG the candle danced in the wind

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Exagerating statements or claims not to be taken literally
EG ive told you a million times

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

Reoccurance of 1 sound emphasizing something

Question 7

Sibilance

Answer 7

Constant S sound emphazing a feeling or sound of characters

Question 8

Assonsance

Answer 8

Repition of A sound emphazing a feeling or sound

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Occurrance of same sound at the start of consecuative words

Question 10

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 10

Human emotions or characteristics to inamate objects of nature
EG angry clouds

Question 11

Repition

Answer 11

Using same words constantly emphazing

Question 12

Semantic field

Answer 12

Group of words in same text relating in meaning