Language Term/Techniques

Question 1

Collective noun

Answer 1

A group of objects or things

A herd of sheep

Question 2

Abstract noun

Answer 2

A noun that denotes an idea.

Happiness

Question 3

Superlative

Answer 3

The highest quality of that word.

Fastest

Question 4

Colloquial

Answer 4

Language used in familiar conversation. Non-formal.

Can’t.

Question 5

Semantic field.

Answer 5

A group of words.

The writers semantic field…

Question 6

Adjective

Answer 6

A word that describes a noun.

Question 7

Determiner

Answer 7

A modifying word

Question 8

Adverb.

Answer 8

A word that describes how a verb is performed.

He was running fast.

Question 9

Subordinate clause.

Answer 9

A clause that is dependent of a main clause.

Question 10

Prepositions. Where something is in relation to another.

Answer 10

Where something is in relation to another.

He was under the table.

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggerated terms not meant to be taken seriously.

Question 12

Lexis

Answer 12

A word

Question 13

Protagonist.

Answer 13

The main character in a play or novel.

Question 14

Modal verb.

Answer 14

A verb that expresses probability.

He could have done it.

Question 15

Imperitive

Answer 15

A command or order

Question 16

Proper noun.

Answer 16

A name of a place or person. Must have a capital letter.

His name was Alex

Question 17

Common noun.

Answer 17

A noun that denotes an object.

Question 18

Sentence fragment.

Answer 18

A group of words that look like sentences but aren’t.

Question 19

Pronoun.

Answer 19

A noun which refers to somebody or something else.

He/she/it

Question 20

Monologue

Answer 20

Mono, solo.
Logue, dialogue.
A solo speech spoken by a single character in a play film or novel.

Question 21

Concrete noun

Answer 21

A physical noun

Question 22

Personal pronoun

Answer 22

A pronoun that shows more detail to the person like their gender. She

Question 23

Personification

Answer 23

When something non human is given human attributes/qualities.

Question 24

Alliteration.

Answer 24

The use of two words in succession with the same sound to create an effect.

Question 25

Onomatopoeia

Answer 25

A word that initiates a sound.

Bang

Question 26

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 26

The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals.

Question 27

Foreboding.

Answer 27

A feeling that something bad will happen.

Question 28

Dramatic Irony

Answer 28

irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Question 29

Foreshadowing

Answer 29

to show or indicate beforehand

Question 30

Fronted Adverbial.

Answer 30

Fronted adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence, used to describe the action that follows.

Question 31

Symbolism

Answer 31

Where something symbolises something else.

Question 32

connotation

Answer 32

An idea or image which is suggested by a word, which is not its dictionary meaning, eg the connotation of ‘desk’ might be school.

Question 33

dialect

Answer 33

The language of a particular subset of English speakers - often those living in a particular place - having its own unique diction, vocabulary, spelling and even grammar.

Question 34

ominous

Answer 34

Suggestive of danger to come.

Question 35

synecdoche

Answer 35

A type of metaphor where you use part of something to refer to the whole. For example, in the phrase ‘all hands on deck’, the hands are people and the deck is the ship.

Question 36

Empathize

Answer 36

To understand and share someone else’s feelings

Question 37

Symbolism.

Answer 37

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities .

Question 38

Motif

Answer 38

A pattern or recurring idea in an artistic work.

Question 39

Slang

Answer 39

Informal words used mostly in speech within a particular social group.

Question 40

Jargon

Answer 40

special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

Question 41

Narritive Writing

Answer 41

To write a narrative essay, you’ll need to tell a story (usually about something that happened to you) in such a way that he audience learns a lesson or gains insight.

Question 42

Descriptive Writing

Answer 42

Descriptive Writing is the clear description of people, places, objects, or events using appropriate details. An effective description will contain sufficient and varied elaboration of details to communicate a sense of the subject being described.