Level 2 Language Features

Question 1

Rhyme

Answer 1

When the ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines of poetry but can be internal rhyme.

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed symbols.

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Usually in close succession.

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words.

Question 5

Sound Clusters

Answer 5

A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words.

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

Words sound like the sounds they name.

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

Repeating the same or nearly the same words for effect.

Question 8

Parallel Construction

Answer 8

Using the same word class order twice (in same or two sentences).

Question 9

Triple Construction

Answer 9

Repeating three times a group of words that have the same pattern of word classes. Each group may or may not start with the same word/s.

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

An image that compares two things using like or as.

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

An image that compares two things without using like or as.

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

An image that gives human qualities to non-human things.

Question 13

Choice of words (vocabulary)

Answer 13

Using more unusual or specialized or technical words.

Question 14

Use of Slang

Answer 14

Most likely used in direct speech.

Question 15

Use of direct or indirect speech

Answer 15

Quoting or reporting spoken words.

Question 16

Use of incorrect grammar

Answer 16

Generally used in direct speech but may also be used in autobiography for a particular effect.

Question 17

Pun

Answer 17

Wordplay involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things.
Often used in advertising.

Question 18

Hyperbole

Answer 18

Deliberate exaggeration.

Question 19

Litotes

Answer 19

Deliberate understatement.

Question 20

Use of multiple adjectives or adverbs

Answer 20

The adjectives give more information about the noun and the adverbs about the verb.

Question 21

Simple sentences

Answer 21

These have only one complete verb, though there may be one or more incomplete verbs.

Question 22

Compound sentences

Answer 22

These have a minimum of two complete verbs and each part of the sentence can stand on its own.

Question 23

Complex Sentences

Answer 23

These have a minimum of two complete verbs; the part of the sentence which has one of those verbs, but cannot stand on its own, is called a subordinate clause.

Question 24

Rhetorical question

Answer 24

A question that does not expect an answer from the reader or audience.

Question 25

Use of command

Answer 25

This is the verb used alone (without a noun or pronoun). Can be used with adverbs or other word classes.

Question 26

Use of first and second person pronouns

Answer 26

1st person singular = I, me, my, mine, plural = We, us, our, ours
2nd person singular and plural = You, your, yours

Mostly used in 
autobiography
1st person narrative
direct speech 
oral presentations

Question 27

Symbolism

Answer 27

Use of an object (concrete noun) to represent some emotion or belief system or other abstract noun.

Question 28

Euphemism

Answer 28

Use of a less objectionable or harsh expression to avoid upsetting or offending people.

Question 29

Neologism

Answer 29

New word – an invented word.

Question 30

Listing

Answer 30

Objects/reasons/parts of a whole, etc. are listed – in text, usually with commas separating them; in adverts/web pages or text, can be with bullet points.

Question 31

Emotive language

Answer 31

Choice of words which have specifically intended emotional effects or are intended to evoke an emotional response in the reader.

Question 32

Sarcasm

Answer 32

Unkind humour directed against what the writer / speaker doesn’t like.

Question 33

Irony

Answer 33

Saying the opposite of what you mean.

Question 34

Contrast

Answer 34

Using words of opposite meaning close together.

Question 35

Use of numbers/statistics

Question 36

Use of authority figures

Answer 36

The words (or image) of a famous person or celebrity are used.

Question 37

Allusion

Answer 37

A reference to another work.

Question 38

Quotation

Answer 38

Direct use of another’s words (spoken or written)