ENGLISH revision 7

Question 1

What is alliteration?

Answer 1

Repetition of the sound at the beginning of a word (E.g Rita’s royal rat) :)

Question 2

What is De-humanisation?

Answer 2

When a human is given the qualities of an object or an animal (E.g the boy barked)

Question 3

What is a metaphor?

Answer 3

An image created by referring to something as something else (E.g the sun is a light bulb)

Question 4

What is an Onomatopoeia?

Answer 4

Words that sound like their meaning ( E.g Crash/boom)

Question 5

What is Oxymoron?

Answer 5

2 words positioned together with contrasting ideas (E.g beautiful death)

Question 6

Personification, What is it?

Answer 6

Giving an object human qualities (E.g The wind whistled)

Question 7

What is a similie? ;)

Answer 7

Comparison of 2 things using like or as ( E.g The bottle was as pink as her dress)

Question 8

What is symbolism?

Answer 8

A symbol that represents an idea (E.g Heart= love)

Question 9

What does vulnerable mean?

Answer 9

Means to be at risk of being hurt physically or mentally