Language Terms/techniques

Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

A word that has a sound associated with it

Question 2

Verb

Answer 2

A word used to describe an action : eating

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

A word that modifies the meaning of an adjective

Question 4

Adjective

Answer 4

A word that describes a place, person or thing

Question 5

Noun

Answer 5

A word used to describe any class of people or place

Question 6

Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects

Question 7

Proper noun

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A noun used for an individual person, place or organisation

Question 8

Collective noun

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A noun that denotes a group of individuals

Question 9

Hyperbole

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An exaggerated phrase

Question 10

Concrete noun

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Can be identified in the five senses

Question 11

Personal pro noun

Answer 11

Contrasts a person

Question 12

Imperative

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Denoting/command word

Question 13

Superlative

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Of the highest quality or degree

Question 14

Oxymoron

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A figure if speech that contradicts itself

Question 15

Monlogue

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A long speech in a play or movie

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Subordinate clause

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Introduced by conjunction

Question 17

Colloquial

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Used in ordinary or familiar environments

Question 18

Preposition

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Describes the position of something

Question 19

Dramatic irony

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Something the reader already knows

Question 20

Main clause

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A phrase that can make a full sentence on its own

Question 21

Determiners

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A person or thing that determines or decides something

Question 22

Protagnonist

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The leading character in a play

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Phrase

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A group of words that are part of a sentence

Question 24

Alliteration

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Two words beginning with the same letter

Question 25

Personification

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A non human object given human qualities

Question 26

Foreboding

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A feeling that something bad will happen

Question 27

Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Question 28

Motif

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A pattern or recurring idea in an artistic work

Question 29

Slang

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Informal words used mostly in speech within a particular social group

Question 30

Jargon

Answer 30

Specialist language

Question 31

Narrative writing

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Narrative writing tells a story or part of a story. Descriptive writing vividly portrays a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience

Question 32

Descriptive writing

Answer 32

The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader’s mind. Capturing an event through descriptive writing involves paying close attention to the details by using all of your five senses.