Literary Techniques

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

metaphor is a way of comparing things by stating that one thing is the same or very similar to another seemingly unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy, and is often mistaken with simile. The difference between metaphor and simile is that a simile includes “like” or “as” in the comparison whereas metaphor is an assertion of the comparison without modifiers or conjunctions.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent words.

Question 3

Auxiliary verb

Answer 3

A verb that has to be used with another verb in order to create present particles or the future tense.

EG->
DID you go?
I AM going.
You WILL go.

Question 4

Modal verb

Answer 4

An auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of possibility or necessity.

EG->
Could , should , may , might.

Question 5

Stative verb

Answer 5

A word representing a process that is often only mental.

EG->
Love, ponder, believe, to fear.

I [love] you. Stative sense

Question 6

Active verb

Answer 6

A word representing a physical action.

EG->
Jump, run, kill, slap, kiss.

Question 7

Verb

Answer 7

A word that represents an action or process

EG->

Walking, skipping

Question 8

Proper noun

Answer 8

A naming word for a specific example of a common noun. Often places or names of people

EG->
Bob, Eiffel Tower, Burnley, Wayne Rooney.

Question 9

Synecdoche

Answer 9

A metaphor that states that something is only a small constituent part of itself even though we understand otherwise.

EG->
A new set of wheels (car).

Question 10

Common noun.

Answer 10

A naming word for a thing that is tangible.

EG->
Chair, penguin, man, murderer, ghost, crumpet.

Question 11

Abstract noun

Answer 11

A naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief.

EG->
Sadness, love, politics, Marxism, hate

[love] is in the air. Abstract sense.

Question 12

Declarative sentence

Answer 12

When a sentence is making a statement.

EG->
I don’t like cheese.

Question 13

Interrogative sentence.

Answer 13

When a sentence is asking a question.

EG->
Where are you going ?

Question 14

Exclamative sentence

Answer 14

When a sentence conveys. String sense of emotion, sense of alarm it overly strong emphasis.

EG->
That was fantastic !

Question 15

Register

Answer 15

The level of formality of a text

Question 16

Tenor

Answer 16

The tone or the relationship between the author and the reader and how it is created.

Question 17

Allusion

Answer 17

To refer to something indirectly or metaphorically.

EG->
Don’t act like Romeo In front of her !

Question 18

First person pronoun

Answer 18

I - singular

We, our , us - plural

Question 19

Second person pronoun

Answer 19

You

Question 20

Third person pronoun

Answer 20

Him, her , he , she - singular

Them , those - plural

Question 21

Possessive pronoun

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Answer 21

My, mine, our , your, his, hers , theirs

Question 22

Demonstrative pronoun

Answer 22

This, that, those

Question 23

Monosyllabic Lexis

Answer 23

Words of one syllable,

EG->
Yes, no, but

Question 24

Polysyllabic Lexis

Answer 24

Words of two or more syllables

Question 25

Colloquialism

Answer 25

Informal language usage EG-> Bloke, fella, lass, arse, scran

Question 26

Exclamation

Answer 26

A one word sentence (always a minor sentence) with an exclamation mark at the end.

Question 27

Ellipsis

Answer 27

When parts of a written structure are missing. Indicated by 3 dots

Question 28

Syntax

Answer 28

The ordering of words in a sentence to create meaning

Question 29

Parenthesis

Answer 29

Extra information between brackets dashes it between two commas

Question 30

Rhetorical question

Answer 30

A question deigned not to be answered. Piques interest

Question 31

Hypophora

Answer 31

When a rhetorical question is followed by an answer

Question 32

Hyperbole

Answer 32

Deliberate over exaggeration for effect

Question 33

Liotes

Answer 33

Deliberate downplaying of things for effect. EG-> It is not rocket science,

Question 34

Parallelism

Answer 34

Creation of patterns in a text through repetition: - phrases (phonological parallelism) - balancing meaning ( semantic parallelism)

Question 35

Tricolon

Answer 35

Grouping in threes either through repetition of structures for emphasis or add sense of momentum.

Question 36

Imagery

Answer 36

Descriptive or metaphorical use of language to create vivid picture

Question 37

Post modification

Answer 37

Descriptive technique where the descriptive words come after what they’re describing. EG-> The wad of cash big and fat, spewed from his pockets.

Question 38

Simile

Answer 38

A comparison that states that something is like or as something else

Question 39

Pronoun

Answer 39

A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence

Question 40

Indefinite article

Answer 40

A / An

Question 41

Definite article

Answer 41

The

Question 42

Comparative

Answer 42

An adjective that relates one thing in some way to another, typically ends in -er EG-> Bigger, smaller, farther.

Question 43

Superlative.

Answer 43

An adjective that displays the most extreme values of its quality. Mainly end with -est. EG-> Biggest, smallest, smelliest, furthest.

Question 44

Adverb

Answer 44

A describing word that modifies all types of words excludes nouns. EG-> Quickly, greedily, beautifully

Question 45

Adjective

Answer 45

A describing word that modifies a noun. EG-> Beautiful, adorable, meaningless

Question 46

Pre-modification

Answer 46

Descriptive technique where the descriptive words come before the thing they’re describing. EG-> Big, fat wad of cash spewed from his pockets.

Question 47

Analogy

Answer 47

Explaining something in terms of something else. EG-> If people were like rain, I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane

Question 48

Imperative sentence

Answer 48

When a sentence is issuing a command. EG-> Go left and it’s first on your right.

Question 49

Anaphoric reference

Answer 49

Making reference to something previously identified

Question 50

Cataphoric reference

Answer 50

Making reference forward to something as yet Unidentified in the text

Question 51

Exophoric reference

Answer 51

Making reference to things beyond the language of a text itself

Question 52

Topographical features

Answer 52

Features of fonts used in texts such as font size shape and colour

Question 53

Orthographical features

Answer 53

Features in the writing system such as spelling, capitalisation and punctuation