Literacy Terms

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Comparing using ‘like’ or ‘as’. Eg. Her eyes were like diamonds

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Giving a non living object human qualities. Eg. The chair groaned when she say down

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

Words that sound like their meaning.

Snap, bang, click

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

Repetition of consonantal sounds

Question 5

Assonance

Answer 5

Recitation of vocalist (vowel) sounds

Question 6

Symbolism

Answer 6

Representing ideas or themes

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

Two opposing words linked together (often shows confusion)

Question 8

Paradox

Answer 8

Two contrasting ideas

Question 9

Enjambment

Answer 9

Run on line, speeds up rhythm

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Exaggeration for dramatic effect

Question 11

Juxtaposition

Answer 11

Put side by side to create effect, such as contrast

Question 12

Theme

Answer 12

Central idea or issue running through text

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

Saying the opposite of what is meant for a humorous effect or a twist of fate in event such as occurrence of unexpected coincidence

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

Way in which something is said

Humorous, cynical, critical

Question 15

Imagery

Answer 15

Pictures produced in readers mind by specific words used

Question 16

Flashback

Answer 16

A writer leaves the plot of a story to go back into past

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

Saying something is something else eg. ‘Her eyes were sparkling diamonds’

Question 18

Way in which something is said

Answer 18

Tone

Question 19

Exaggeration for dramatic effect

Answer 19

Hyperbole

Question 20

Repetition of consonantal sounds

Peter picked a peed of peppered pickles

Answer 20

Alliteration

Question 21

Religions of vocalic (vowel) sounds

Answer 21

Assonance