Language features Flashcards
To learn for the unknown text exam (22 cards)
Rhyme
The ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines in poetry, but may be internal (within a line)
Alliteration
Repitition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words - usually in succession
Assonance
Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words.
Onomatopoeia
Words sound like the sounds they name.
Repetition
Repeating the same or nearly the same words for effect.
Simile
An image which compares two things using like or as
Personification
An image which gives human qualities to non-human things
Metaphor
An image which compares two things without using like or as
Choice of words
Vocabulary
Using more unusual or specialized or technical words
Use of slang
Most likely used in direct speech
Use of direct or indirect speech
Quoting or reporting spoken words
Use of incorrect grammar
Generally used in direct speech but may also be used in autobiography for specific effect
Pun
Word play involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things
Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration
Litotes
Deliberate understatement
Use of multiple adjectives or adverbs
Triple
The adjectives give more information about the noun and the adverbs about the verb
Simple sentences
These only have one complete verb, though there may be one or more incomplete verbs
Compound sentences
These have a minimum of two complete verbs and each part of the sentence can stand on its own
Complex sentences
These have a minimum of two complete verbs; the part of sentence which has one of those verbs, but cannot stand on its own, is called a subordinate clause.
Rhetorical question
A question that does not expect an answer from the reader or audience.
Use of command/imperative
This is the verb used alone ( without a noun or pronoun). Can be used with adverbs or other word classes
