Language Devices

Question 1

Anaphora (repetition)

Answer 1

the use of a short word (e.g. pronoun- “it”; verb- “do”) to refer back to a previous word

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

a short entertaining story about a real person or event

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

a feeling or tone conveyed by something

Question 4

Bias (perspective)

Answer 4

an opinion or feeling that strongly favours one side in preference yo another

Question 5

Cliché

Answer 5

a phrase or idea that is used so often that it has little meaning

Question 6

Colloquial language

Answer 6

informal language used in everyday situations

Question 7

connotation

Answer 7

something implied or suggested in addition to the main meaning

Question 8

Descriptive detail

Answer 8

the inclusion of specific details to add to the vividness of the description

Question 9

Diacope (repetition)

Answer 9

repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words

Question 10

Empathising (emotion)

Answer 10

to understand and share in someone else’s feelings

Question 11

Foreshadow

Answer 11

to be a sign of something that is likely to happen

Question 12

Imperative

Answer 12

expressing a command

Question 13

Inference

Answer 13

a conclusion reached by reasoning

Question 14

Informal language

Answer 14

language used in everyday speech

Question 15

Lexical field (semantic field)

Answer 15

words used in a text which have an element of shared meaning

Question 16

Pejorative language

Answer 16

words/phrases that express contempt or disapproval

Question 17

Personal pronouns

Answer 17

the pronouns that indicate person, gender, number and case

Question 18

Polyptoton (repetition)

Answer 18

repetition of words of the same root with different endings (e.g, “strength”, “strong”)

Question 19

Propaganda

Answer 19

biased or misleading publicity meant to promote a political point of view

Question 20

Purpose

Answer 20

something you intend to do/achieve: an intended result

Question 21

repetition

Answer 21

repeating, or being repeated

Question 22

Setting

Answer 22

the way or place in which something is set

Question 23

Sterotype

Answer 23

an oversimplified image or view of a group of people widely held

Question 24

Theme

Answer 24

the subject about which a person speaks, writes or thinks

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

a manner of expression in speaking or writing

Question 26

viewpoint

Answer 26

an opinion or point of view

Question 27

complex connectives

Answer 27

Connectives within a complex sentence

although, since, after, when, because

Question 28

Interjection

Answer 28

sudden remark, used as an interruption