peotry revision

Question 1

what is onomatopoeia

Answer 1

sounds e.g. boom crash pow

Question 2

what is alliteration

Answer 2

1 or more adjectives describing a noun that have the same sound or letters at the start of the word e.g. tasty tacos

Question 3

what is a metaphor

Answer 3

describing something how you imagine it e.g. Sam was being greedy and eating all the food. He is such a pig

Question 4

what is personification

Answer 4

giving a non human object human qualities e.g. the wind whistled

Question 5

what is oxymoron

Answer 5

2 words that describe and are also the complete opposite of 1 another e.g. beautiful death

Question 6

what is dehumanisation

Answer 6

when a human is given the qualities of an object or animal e.g. the boy squawked

Question 7

what is a similie

Answer 7

using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to describe a something e.g. the water was as cold as ice

Question 8

what is symbolism

Answer 8

using a symbol (=,%,/) to represent an idea e.g. hate = disgust

Question 9

is the following sentence a representation of a metaphor or a similie; paper is as light as a feather

Answer 9

similie

Question 10

is this an example of dehumanisation

you could hear the moon whispering

Answer 10

no because it’s a noun that is using a human verb