Literature Techniques

Question 1

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 1

When the weather or atmosphere describes the mood
Eg: if sunny people will be happy, raining adds a sad theme to it

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

When a non human is given human qualities
Eg: the PEN was SITTING on the table

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Comparing 2 things using LIKE or AS
Eg: she was LIKE a gazelle walking down the street
He was AS strong as a gorilla

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Comparing 2 things using IS or ARE
eg: she IS a monster, you ARE a monster

Question 5

Extended metaphor

Answer 5

Pick a metaphor, explain how and turn it into a long metaphor.
Eg: life is a rollercoaster, ( you can never prepare for the ups or downs life can bring)
Metaphor. Extended the metaphor

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

2 oppossite words side by side
Eg: the SMALL GIANT, small is opossite then giant

Question 7

Juxtoposition

Answer 7

When you have 2 opposing ideas, you get an oxymoron amd you explain how
Eg: the small giant, (was tiptoing trying to reach the shelf however his small arms would not let him get a jar of jam).
This is juxtoposition as he is explaining how the giant is small

Question 8

Symbolism

Answer 8

Objects are linked and present a meaning.
Eg, face mask represents covid, popcorn represents movies, nappy represents a baby
In macbeth the dagger links to death.

Question 9

Semantic field

Answer 9

When words accross an extract can be linked to one idea
Eg, ring, gloves, punch referee - this links to the idea of boxing

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

When an events in text suprizes the characters.
Eg, mr birling in inspector calls ‘id offer thousands’ this is irony as youd never expect a man like him to offer money

Question 11

Rhetorical question

Answer 11

A question which doesn’t require an answer
Eg, how would you feel if you had to wear a face mask everyday?

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

HYPE- overexaggerate
Eg, so angry i want to kill him, so hungry i could eat 1000 burgers

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Repetition of the voewl sound, a e i o u
Eg, im to cool for school. Repetition of O

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Words in a row begin with same letter
The big blue ball bounced down the road

Question 15

Sibilance

Answer 15

Words in a row begin with a s or a s sound
Eg, the snake was slowly hissing, repetition of s sound

Question 16

Euphemism

Answer 16

When you say something in an indirect matter
Eg, you dont have long left - told your going to die but said in a nice way

Question 17

Emotive language

Answer 17

When the author makes the reader feel a particlar emotion
Sadness anger happiness

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

Answer 18

When words describe sounds
Bang bang boom boom

Question 19

Rule of three / triplets

Answer 19

3 words or phrases used in a row to describe something
Eg, this table is black, hard, and has 4 legs

Question 20

Facts / stats

Answer 20

Writer uses evidence to support what they are saying
Eg, i talked with 70% of students who said they were annoyed with the new rules
Makes writing more persuasive

Question 21

Plosives

Answer 21

Repetition of a harsh sound

Question 22

Zoomorphism

Answer 22

When you give a person animal features
Eg, john barked at me - barked means shout but bark is an animal feature of dog

Question 23

Repetition

Answer 23

When the writer repeats a word or phrase for an effect

Question 24

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs

Answer 24

Nouns: naming words
Adjectives: descibing words
Verbs: doing words
Adverbs: adjective which describes a verb