Paper 1 section A

Question 1

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 1

Is when the weather or the atmosphere describes the mood. For example, when the weather is rainy people are sad and depressed

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Is when a non human is given human qualities. For example, the tree is waving at John

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

When you are comparing two things using ‘like or ‘as’. For example, his facial vision looked like a falcon’s eye.

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Is when you are comparing two things with ‘is’ or ‘are’. For example he is an orchard

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

Is 2 opposite words side-by side. For example the small giant

Question 6

Juxtaposition

Answer 6

2 things that are placed together which bring out differences. For example

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

Is when objects represent a meaning. For example, moon and the star represent Islam

Question 8

Semantic field

Answer 8

Is where words are linked to an idea. For example, text books, exams, pupils link to school

Question 9

Irony

Answer 9

Is when events in the text surprises the characters. Something is not expected. For example Scrooge changing his nature

Question 10

Dramatic Irony

Answer 10

Is when the audience know something that characters in a scene do not know. For example in Romeo and Juliet when Romeo goes to kill himself as he thinks that Juliet is dead when she is not, but he doesn’t know.

Question 11

Rhetorical Question

Answer 11

A question that does not require an answer

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Is an over-exaggeration of something. For example I am going to eat the whole restaurant

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Is the repetition of the vowel sound. For example. I am too cool for school.

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Words that are in the same row that begin with the same letter

Question 15

Sibilance

Answer 15

Is when words in a row have the ‘s’ letter or the ‘s’ sound. For example, the snake was slowly hissing

Question 16

Euphemism

Answer 16

Is when you say something in an indirect manner. For example, he is not with us anymore = he has died

Question 17

Emotive language

Answer 17

Is when the writer makes the reader feel emotional

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

Answer 18

Is words that describe the sound. For example ‘Boom’, ‘bang’, ‘skirt’, ‘pop’

Question 19

Rule of three/ Triplets

Answer 19

Words or phrases in a row that describe something x3. For example the table is black, hard and wide

Question 20

Facts and statistics

Answer 20

Uses evidence to support their facts. For example 50% of the student prefer using email rather than social media.

Question 21

Plosive

Answer 21

Repetition of harsh sound. For example words such as ‘P’, ‘D’, ‘B’

Question 22

Zoomorphism

Answer 22

Is when you give a person animal features. For example John barked at me