Subject terminology Flashcards
Simile
a descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using ‘as’ or ‘like’.
The trees stood as tall as towers.
Metaphor
describe something as if it were something else:
The circus was a magnet for the children.
Hyperbole
a use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
The sun scorched through the day.
Personification
A metaphor attributing human feeling to an object.
The sun smiled at the hills.
Pathetic fallacy
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.
The cloud crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened.
Onomatopoeia
words that sound a little like they mean.
The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot.
Oxymoron
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms.
There was a deafening silence.
Emotive language
Language intended to create an emotional response.
A heart-breaking aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them all.
Sibilance
A type of alliteration specific to the s sound
The snake swam silently
Colloquial language
Ingormal language for casual communication .
Dont chicken
Imagery
An image the writer created.
Alliteration
Repeating the same sound
Verb
a word used to describe an action.
He jumps. -jump
Adjective
A word that describes the noun
The skinny boy - skinny
Adverb
A word that describes the verb.
He runs quickly - quickly
