Language Devises

Question 1

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 1

When the weather reflects the mood

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

When you give something that is non human a human features

Question 3

Zoomorphism

Answer 3

When you give a human an animals feature

Question 4

Chremamorphism

Answer 4

When you give a human the feature of a non human (John was blasting around the room like a rocket)

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Comparing two nouns using like or as

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing two nouns without like or as

Question 7

Extended metaphor

Answer 7

When you explain a metaphor

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

Two opposite word

Question 9

Juxtaposition

Answer 9

Two opposing ideas

Question 10

Semantic field

Answer 10

When words can be linked to one topic

Question 11

Rhetorical question

Answer 11

When a question is asked in a piece of writing that doesn’t require a answer

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

Extreme exaggeration

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Repeat a vowel sound ( I was to cool for school )

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Words in a row begin with the same letter

Question 15

Sibilance

Answer 15

Repeat the s letter of s sound

Question 16

Emotive language

Answer 16

Writing is specifically trying to invoke a particular emotion ( try to make u angry)

Question 17

Onomatopoeia

Answer 17

Use sound in writing

Question 18

Rule of three

Answer 18

When you have three adjectives or three phrases in a to describe one thing

Question 19

Imagery

Answer 19

Imagery is when the right purposely tries to create a particular image in the writers mind

Question 20

Repetition

Answer 20

Repeat words or phrases for a particular effect

Question 21

Nouns

Answer 21

A name of anything

Question 22

Verbs

Answer 22

A thing or an action

Question 23

Adjective

Answer 23

Describes a noun

Question 24

Adverb

Answer 24

describes a verb

Question 25

Colloquial language

Answer 25

This is when you write the way you speak

Question 26

Euphuism

Answer 26

A nice way of saying bad stuff

Question 27

Hypophora

Answer 27

When the character asks a question and then they answer it

Question 28

Satire

Answer 28

Use humour

Question 29

Symbolism

Answer 29

Symbolism is when objects or things have a wider meaning

Question 30

Anecdote

Answer 30

A small personal story

Question 31

Anaphora

Answer 31

When the writer repeats the same thing at the beginning of a sentence

Question 32

Epistrophe

Answer 32

When you repeat a word at the end of the sentence

Question 33

Tmesis

Answer 33

When you insert a word inside of another word

Question 34

Cliché

Answer 34

Words or phrases that are used quite often 

Question 35

Paradox

Answer 35

Is when the idea is strange, but when you think about it, it starts to make a little bit of sense

Question 36

Imperative

Answer 36

A command

Question 37

Diction

Answer 37

When the writer writes in a specific way to establish a voice

Question 38

Plosives

Answer 38

Repetition of a P or T sound

Question 39

Cacophony

Answer 39

Repetition or the use of any other harsh sounds 

Question 40

Anastrophe

Answer 40

Anastrophe is when the order of words is incorrect

Question 41

Sensory writing

Answer 41

What you can see or hear in the writing

Question 42

Aporia

Answer 42

When the speaker expresses doubt in their writing

Question 43

Hubris

Answer 43

When a character is overly confident

Question 44

Verbal irony

Answer 44

When the opposite of what the character says ends up happening

Question 45

Structural irony

Answer 45

When events in the text end up happening go against the character thought would happen

Question 46

Dramatic irony

Answer 46

When the audience are aware of things that characters on the stage are not aware

Question 47

Superlative

Answer 47

Express the highest amount

Question 48

Motif

Answer 48

When the writer keeps on recurring a certain image for a text