Language Features Flashcards
1
Q
Hyperbole
A
Exaggeration for effect
2
Q
Personification
A
Giving object human features
3
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
Words that sound like their meaning ‘crunch’
4
Q
Emotive language
A
Create an emotional response from reader
‘Mercy’ ‘heartless’
5
Q
Pathetic fallacy
A
When weather reflects the mood
6
Q
Oxymoron
A
Contradicting terms
‘Deafening silence’
7
Q
Simile
A
‘Like’ or ‘as’
8
Q
Metaphor
A
Something ‘is’ something else
