Language Terms/ Techniques

Question 1

Verbs

Answer 1

A doing word

Question 2

Adverbs

Answer 2

An adverb that is used to describe a verb eg. He walked slowly

Question 3

Adjective

Answer 3

A word that is used to describe something or someone

Question 4

Alliteratiom

Answer 4

Words in a sentence put together that begin with the same sound

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

A word that is used that sounds like the sound

Question 6

Personofication

Answer 6

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 7

Modal verb

Answer 7

A verb that is used that expresses possibility eg. Might, could, can

Question 8

Common noun

Answer 8

A noun that denotes an object

Question 9

Proper noun

Answer 9

A place, name or organisation

Question 10

Personal Pronoun

Answer 10

A word that refers ro a specific person or thing eg she, he, them

Question 11

Abstract noun

Answer 11

A noun depicting a non physical idea or experience eg. Relationship, friendship

Question 12

Concrete noun

Answer 12

The experience of something through your five senses

Question 13

Collective noun

Answer 13

A noun that denotes a group of individuals eg. Army, Hurd

Question 14

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 14

When weather depicts the mood for a specific scene etc

Question 15

Foreboding

Answer 15

Implying that something bad is going to happen

Question 16

Dramatic irony

Answer 16

Irony that is picked up by an audience but not the characters in the play film, book etc

Question 17

Foreshadowing

Answer 17

Hinting that something is going to happen in the future

Question 18

Fronted adverbial

Answer 18

A word or phrase that has been placed at the beginning of the sentence used to describe the action that follows. eg. Strangely, slowly he walked.

Question 19

Colloquial

Answer 19

Informal/slang

Question 20

Oxymoron

Answer 20

When two things contradict each other eg. They played terrible and won

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

Deliberate exaggeration

Question 22

Sarcasm

Answer 22

When the opposite is meant of what is said

Question 23

Rhetorical question

Answer 23

A question that does not require an answer

Question 24

Narrative focus

Answer 24

The writer focuses in on a specific (often small details) section of the text

Question 25

Wider focus

Answer 25

Often deals with bigger details/setting/more characters etc

Question 26

Switch focus

Answer 26

When the writer changes their focus from one character to another one setting to another, what a character is thinking to what a character is doing et pc

Question 27

Cyclical structure

Answer 27

Where a story ends in a similar way to how it begins thus could be through the setting the action the characters language choice atmosphere etc

Question 28

Climax

Answer 28

The most exciting part of the story

Question 29

Anticlimax

Answer 29

When a part of the story is not as exciting as you hoped

Question 30

Rising action

Answer 30

Where the tension/action is building towards a climax

Question 31

Falling action

Answer 31

When the atmosphere starts to fall away this can often come after a climax or anticlimax

Question 32

Motif

Answer 32

pattern or recurring idea in an artistic work

Question 33

Symbolism

Answer 33

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 34

Slang

Answer 34

Informal words used mostly in speech within a particular social group

Question 35

Jargon

Answer 35

Specialist language not understood by others

Question 36

Narrative writing

Answer 36

narrative or story is a report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words

Question 37

Descriptive writing

Answer 37

Descriptive writing is the clear description of people, places, objects, or events using appropriate details.