Verbal Language Features/Techniques

Question 1

Abstract noun

Answer 1

Intangible noun of emotion/state

Question 2

Acronym

Answer 2

Word made from initials

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of initial consonant sound

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

A literary reference, a reference to something or someone well known

Question 5

Anaphora

Answer 5

Repetition of word/phrase in successive clusters

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

Personal story

Question 7

Anthropomorphism

Answer 7

Giving inhuman objects or animals living/human emotions and characteristics

Question 8

Ambiguity

Answer 8

Double meaning or unclear meaning

Question 9

Antithesis

Answer 9

Opposite/contrast

Question 10

Aphorism

Answer 10

Short, pithy statement

Question 11

Apostrophe

Answer 11

Direct address

Question 11

Assonance

Answer 11

Repetition of vowel sound

Question 12

Balanced sentence

Answer 12

First part of sentence is echoed or equalled by second part

Question 13

Body copy

Answer 13

Information/text

Question 14

Caesura

Answer 14

Break/pause

Question 15

Chiasmus

Answer 15

The second part of the sentence echoes/uses the same words but in a different order to the first part.

Question 16

Cliché

Answer 16

Over used expression

Question 17

Colloquial language

Answer 17

Informal/conversational language

Question 18

Comparatives

Answer 18

Comparing two objects; looking for differences/similarities

Question 19

Complex sentence

Answer 19

Sentence made up of independent and dependent clause

Question 20

Compound word

Answer 20

Two words used

Question 21

Contrast

Answer 21

Opposite

Question 22

Dialogue

Answer 22

Conversation

Question 23

Diction

Answer 23

Choice of words - look for lexical clusters

Question 24

Ellipsis

Answer 24

Removing a word or words from sentence - allows the reader to fill in the blanks - to be immersed or involved in the text

Question 25

Emotive language/adjective

Answer 25

Language appealing to emotions

Question 26

End stopped

Answer 26

Sense of line finishes at end of line (with punctuation marks)

Question 27

Enjambement

Answer 27

Run on line

Question 28

Euphemism

Answer 28

Indirect/softer expression

Question 29

Figurative language

Answer 29

Metaphors, similes, personification

Question 30

Hyperbole

Answer 30

exaggeration

Question 31

Iambic rhythm

Answer 31

Rhythm of stressed/unstressed pairs

Question 32

Imagery

Answer 32

Creating mental pictures using figurative language

Question 33

Imperative

Answer 33

command

Question 34

Incomplete sentence or fragment

Answer 34

Missing a subject or verb, for example, to be conversational or very economic

Question 35

Intertextuality

Answer 35

The text references another text in words or images

Question 36

Irony

Answer 36

A humorous outcome where the opposite effect is intended to that stated

Question 37

Jargon

Answer 37

Specialised language of a group, possibly to impress

Question 38

Listing

Answer 38

Group of words/examples

Question 38

Juxtaposition

Answer 38

Opposite; looking at contrast

Question 39

Litotes

Answer 39

An understatement

Question 40

Metaphor

Answer 40

A comparison expressing one thing as another

Question 41

Minor sentence

Answer 41

Sentence without verb

Question 42

Noelogism

Answer 42

An invented new word, possibly to be playful or creative

Question 43

Onomatopoeia

Answer 43

sound of word echoes its meaning

Question 44

Oxymoron

Answer 44

Two contrasting terms used together

Question 45

Parallel construction

Answer 45

Similar construction of words in successive sentences

Question 46

Parenthesis

Answer 46

additional information

Question 47

Pattern of three/tricolon/triple/triplicate

Answer 47

three terms/words in a phrase

Question 48

Personal pronouns

Answer 48

we/you - stand in place of nouns

Question 49

Personification

Answer 49

Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

Question 50

Pun

Answer 50

play on words using double meaning/ambiguity

Question 51

Quotation

Answer 51

Reference to another's words - could be an example of intertextuality

Question 52

Repetition

Answer 52

repeating words for effect

Question 53

Rhetorical question

Answer 53

Statement in the form of a question - the answer is implied/understood

Question 54

Rhyme

Answer 54

Repetition of similar sounds

Question 55

Rhythm

Answer 55

beat/metre

Question 56

Sarcasm

Answer 56

the opposite in meaning to that stated, often humorous criticism

Question 57

Simile

Answer 57

a comparison expressing one thing like another using "like" or "as"

Question 58

Simple sentence

Answer 58

Sentence has one subject and one verb and is independent

Question 59

Statistics

Answer 59

figures - appeal to logos, shows credibility

Question 60

Superlatives

Answer 60

the best/worst/most.... could be hyperbolic in use

Question 61

Slang

Answer 61

informal words/expressions

Question 62

Slogan

Answer 62

catchphrase, memorable

Question 63

Syntax

Answer 63

sentence structure or word order, possible putting the most important word first or last