language features

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

the repeition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

Question 2

emotive language

Answer 2

word or phrases that evoke n emotional response and strongly position readers in relation to a subject

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

a reference to another text, person or place

Question 4

metaphor

Answer 4

a figure os peech in which one thing is described in terms of another

Question 5

antagonist

Answer 5

main character

Question 6

metonymy

Answer 6

a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another work “can i give you a hand”

Question 6

lexical choice/ diction

Answer 6

word selection

Question 7

archetypes

Answer 7

characters or ideas that share a recognisable patter

Question 8

oxymoron

Answer 8

a figure of speech in which 2 opposites are combined for a striking effect

Question 9

direct speech

Answer 9

the speech of characters in a narractive presented directly by placing those words in inverted commas

Question 10

similie

Answer 10

comparision made between 2 things using like or as

Question 11

atmosphere

Answer 11

mood created by the language in the text

Question 12

symbolism

Answer 12

an object that stands for something else

Question 13

onomatapeioa

Answer 13

which the sound of the word is an echo of the thing it describes

Question 14

paradox

Answer 14

an absurd and contradictory statement that can be true

Question 15

binary opposition

Answer 15

polar opposites

Question 16

tone

Answer 16

reflect attitudes to the subject matter or reader

Question 17

repition

Answer 17

repeating a sound word or phrase

Question 18

characterisation

Answer 18

method used to create characters in a text

Question 19

juxtapositioning

Answer 19

setting one thing beside another, usually to act as a contrast

Question 20

assonance

Answer 20

repition of vowel sounds to create particular effect

Question 21

hyperbole

Answer 21

a figure of speech that presents an oversatment or exaggerate for emphasis

Question 21

setting

Answer 21

the place and context in which the events of a story occur

Question 22

personification

Answer 22

attriniton of human traits, emotion, or intentions to non human entities

Question 22

connotative language

Answer 22

words or sentecnes that infer/ imply more than there face value

Question 23

motif

Answer 23

reccuring theme or design

Question 24

irony

Answer 24

the condition created by the difference between what is stated and what is actually the case

Question 25

imagery

Answer 25

the picture conjured by a text in a readers imagination

Question 26

indirect speech

Answer 26

reported speech, as opposed to direct speech which does not need speech marks

Question 27

colloquial

Answer 27

a manner of speaking that is informal and uses phrases or words associated with a particular area

Question 28

parody

Answer 28

an exaggerated or amusing imitation of someone else styles

Question 29

pathetic fallacy

Answer 29

when the weather or natural world reflect reflect the mood of the writing

Question 30

idiom

Answer 30

a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldnt be able to deduce from the meanings of indiviaul words

Question 31

ancedote

Answer 31

a breif story explaining an idea

Question 32

euphemism

Answer 32

when a mild or polite expression is used instead of a vulgar or blunt or term