Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repeating the same sound at the start of words. Eg This man made mountains with his hands.

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repeating the vowel sound in words that begin with different consonants. Eg green weeds

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

Repeating consonant sounds in words that are close together in a sentence. Eg I think I thanked the wrong doctor.

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Deliberate exaggeration for effect. Eg I’ve told you a million times.

Question 5

Idiom

Answer 5

An expression that isn’t literal. Eg Granddad kicked the bucket. This is an idiom meaning that Grandad died -not that he literally kicked a bucket.

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Describing something by stating that it IS something else.

Question 7

Extended metaphor

Answer 7

This is a metaphor that continues right the way through a paragraph or piece of writing.

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving human characteristics to something which is not human. Eg the flames danced playfully in the fire. The flames cannot dance playfully, this is a human characteristic-so this is personification.

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

The word sounds like the thing it describes. Eg click, splat

Question 10

Oxymoron

Answer 10

Putting two words together that are opposite to each other. Eg pretty ugly, jumbo shrimp

Question 11

Pun

Answer 11

A joke which plays on different meanings of a word or similar sounding words.

Question 12

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 12

The use of setting to reflect a character’s mood. Eg the rain patterned dismally against the windowpane. This reflects the mood of the narrator which is gloomy.

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Describing something by stating that it is like something else. Eg he was as cold as ice The bird has wings as big as an aeroplane

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

When one thing is meant to represent another. Eg the colour black is often used to symbolise evil or death.