Examples Of Language Flashcards
What is alliteration?
Where words next to each other begin with the same letter and most importantly, the same sound.
E.g. “Raging River Rapids”
What is Allusion?
An indirect reference to a well known person, place, historical event or another literary work.
E.g. “when it came to spending money, he was a total Scrooge”
What is a hyperbole?
It’s the deliberate use of exaggeration to emphasise a point.
E.g. “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!”
What is Onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like what they describe.
E.g “sizzle, gulp, bang”
What is a simile?
A way to compare two things by using the words by using the words like or as.
E.g “ their food was tough as old boots”
Why is a metaphor?
A way to describe something by saying it IS something else.
E.g “life is a rollercoaster,
What is a pathetic fallacy?
The giving of human feelings to non-human objects.
E.g “the raindrops WEPT around him as he trudged home, head down”
what is Personification?
Giving an inanimate object human feelings or actions.
E.g “instead of a small shops, supermarkets were springing up, FLEXING THIER MUSCLES”
What is Synaesthesia?
It suggests one sense is experienced by another.
E.g “feeling blue or bitter cold”
What is a Synecdoche?
Describing part of something to represent the whole thing or vise versa.
E.g “all HANDS on deck”
What is a transferred epithet?
A technique where the epithet (an adjective used to describe a key characteristic of a noun) is used to describe something other than the person or thing it actually refers to.
E.g “happy birthday or dizzy heights”
