Sounds

Question 1

What is a Sibilance?

Answer 1

A specific form of alliteration, which focuses on ‘s’ sounds. The sounds used include ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘c’ and ‘ch’.

Question 2

What is an Onomatopoeia?

Answer 2

Imitates a sound it is describing.

Question 3

What is an Assonance?

Answer 3

When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

Question 4

What is an Alliteration?

Answer 4

The same letter or sound at the beginning of words next to each other. They aren’t always necessarily the same letters just the sounds.

Question 5

What is Figurative Language?

Answer 5

Uses figure of speech to be more effective, persuasive or impactful to the reader. Such figures of speech include similes and metaphors.

Question 6

What is Emotive Language?

Answer 6

When language is used to create a strong emotional response; this could be any emotion such as anger, sadness, happiness, etc.