y8 english key words

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The same letter/sound at the beginning of words which are close together, eg “bright blue balloon”

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

A short personal story which illustrates the point or idea being discussed

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

The same VOWEL (a,e,i,o,u) sound repeated in a phrase or stanza. eg “insistent drizzle irritating me.”

Question 4

Ballad

Answer 4

A usually long poem in regular stanzas which tells a story. eg The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 5

Clause

Answer 5

A phrase which is a ‘thought’, usually with a subject and verb eg “The tiger growled.”

Question 6

Climax

Answer 6

The most intense, gripping moment in a story; the top of the five-part ‘mountain’

Question 7

Consonance

Answer 7

The same CONSONANT sound repeated within words in a phrase or stanza: “the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle.”

Question 8

Ellipsis

Answer 8

The … used to create tension and a strong pause.

Question 9

Enjambment

Answer 9

When a sentence in a verse does not end where the line ends.eg
“A snake came to my water trough
On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat
To drink there.”

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

When something is said to be another thing, for effect eg “Her eyes were blue sapphires.”

Question 11

Narrator - first person

Answer 11

Writing told from the writer’s point of view. Eg “I woke up and I thought about breakfast..”

Question 12

Narrator - third person

Answer 12

Writing where the writer uses the third person eg, “She drew her sword. He prepared to defend himself.”

Question 13

Onomatopoeia

Answer 13

When a word sounds like what it means. Eg ‘whisper’ or ‘crackle’.

Question 14

Persona

Answer 14

The narrator ‘character’ in a piece of writing. Usually in first person writing the “I” is not actually the author him/herself talking, but a first person ‘character’.

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

When you give an object/thing human characteristics.

Question 16

Repetition

Answer 16

When a phrase or word is used several times. eg “The dark night gave way to a dark day.”

Question 17

Rhyme

Answer 17

When two words have the same ending sound. The spelling is NOT necessarily the same; it’s the sound that matters eg “slaughter / water”

Question 18

Rhythm

Answer 18

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line. eg A common rhyme scheme is iambic pentameter = 5 x de dum. (unstressed, stressed)

Question 19

Sibilance

Answer 19

The repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ in words close together. Eg “Slithering silently the snake hissed”

Question 20

Simile

Answer 20

When you compare an object person or thing to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 21

Stanza

Answer 21

Verse. is the smaller sets of 3, 4 or more lines which the poem is divided into.

Question 22

Structure

Answer 22

The ‘storyline’ or ‘shape’ of the text: it’s beginning middle & end. Also the rise & fall in tension.

Question 23

Sonnet

Answer 23

A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme:
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Question 24

Symbolism

Answer 24

A general word which means using one small idea or thing to represent a larger idea. Eg a dove represents peace, or a leaf could represent nature.

Question 25

Theme

Answer 25

An idea or group of related images which run throughout a text.

Question 26

Tone

Answer 26

The overall feeling of the author’s voice in the text.

Question 27

Viewpoint

Answer 27

The perspective or point of view from which a writer is writing. ie 1st, 2nd or 3rd person.