Language Devices

Question 1

Juxtaposition

Answer 1

When two contrasting ideas are placed next to eachother

Question 2

Reccuring Motifs

Answer 2

When an idea or image appears multiple times in a story

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

Intentional exaggeration

Question 4

Pathos

Answer 4

A quality that evokes pity or sadness

Question 5

Logos

Answer 5

Use of evidence and Persuasion to support a claim

Question 6

Sibilance

Answer 6

The repeated use of the ‘s’ sound often alluding to evil intentions

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

When human qualities are attributed to non living things

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

A sequence of two or more sounds beginning with the same letter or sound

Question 9

Iambic pentameter

Answer 9

Is a particular rhythm used in a verse. It uses ten syllables with emphasis on every other syllable

Question 10

Aside

Answer 10

When a character directly addresses the audience without the other characters being able to hear

Question 11

Denonation

Answer 11

The exact dictionary meaning of something

Question 12

Oxymoron

Answer 12

Takes two contradictory words and put them together for dramatic effect

Question 13

Simple sentences

Answer 13

Short sentences that contain one or more subjects or verbs

Question 14

Sarcasm

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Saying one thing but intending the opposite

Question 15

Onomatopoeia

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When a word mimics a particular sound

Question 16

Auditory imagery

Answer 16

Language that appeals to the audiences hearing

Question 17

Asyndetic listing

Answer 17

A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions like ‘and’

Question 18

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 18

Using the weather and enviornment to portray emotions

Question 19

Tricolon

Answer 19

A group of three similar words or phrases

Question 20

Rhetorical question

Answer 20

A question that isn’t meant to be answered and is used to make the audience question something

Question 21

Anaphoric

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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of phrases or sentences.

Question 22

Semi colon

Answer 22

two independent clauses that are closely related in thought, such as when restating the preceding idea with a different expression.

Question 23

Extended metaphor

Answer 23

A metaphor that occurs through out the extract to show a deeper meaning

Question 24

Ellipsis

Answer 24

Three dots in a row are called ellipsis and can be used to signify that part of a sentence is missing. It is mainly useful in dialogue. For example: “I wonder…” said Harry.

Question 25

Simile

Answer 25

Comparing something using like or as

Question 26

Epistrophe

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the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Question 27

Linear structure

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A type of narrative structure that follows chronological order

Question 28

Direct address

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When the reader asks the writer a question

Question 29

Flashback

Answer 29

Switching from the present to the past

Question 30

Imperative verbs

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Verbs that give orders like ‘run away’ or ‘stop that’

Question 31

Generalisation

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A statement that gives an overall impression without going into too much detail much detail

Question 32

Objective writing

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A neutral unbiased style of writing which contains facts rather than opinions

Question 33

Adverb

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Extra information on a verb

Question 34

Biased writing

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Gives more support to one point of view than the other

Question 35

Determiner

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A word that goes before a noun to show possession or quantity

Question 36

Complex sentence

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A sentence that joins two or more clauses

Question 37

Antithesis

Answer 37

A rhetorical technique where opposing ideas or words are put together to show contrast