Language Features

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

Give an inanimate object object a human feeling or characteristic
Eg: The tree danced happily in the breeze

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

When two or more words start with the same word or sound

Eg: green grass

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

This is when a word represents an action

Eg: Bang,crash

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

When one thing is compared to a different type of word

Eg: His teeth where as white as snow

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

This is when a word or phrase is applied to an object which is not literally applicable
Eg: The curtain of night fell upon

Question 6

Sibilance

Answer 6

When an ‘s’ or a ‘sh’ sound is made

Eg: Sadly Sam sold seven serpents

Question 7

Rhetorical question

Answer 7

A question that is not meant to be answered and gives effect

Eg: How could I do this

Question 8

Colloquial language

Answer 8

When a conversation is not informal and slang terms are used

Eg: Put your money where your mouth is

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

Exaggerated phrases not meant to be taken seriously

Eg: This bag weighs a ton

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

Visually describing a place

Question 11

Noun

Answer 11

A place, person, object, feeling

Eg: The man walked across the road

Question 12

Verb

Answer 12

A word used to state an action

Question 13

Adverb

Answer 13

A word that describes a verb

Eg: The man ran fastly

Question 14

Repetition

Answer 14

When a word or phrase is repeated

Eg: come here, come here, come here

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

When two words are used that contradict each other

Eg: deafening silence

Question 16

Pronoun

Answer 16

This refers to someone

Eg: He, she, it

Question 17

Abstract noun

Answer 17

Something you can’t see or touch

Eg: love is in the air

Question 18

Proper noun

Answer 18

A name used for a place, person or organisation

Eg: Joe, London, CAFOD

Question 19

Collective noun

Answer 19

A word used to group a collective of people animals or things
Eg: A litter of puppies , a troop of monkeys

Question 20

Assonance

Answer 20

Resemblance of sound between syllables of words that are close
Eg: Rise high in the bright sky

Question 21

Dialect

Answer 21

A different form of language that might be strange to a specific region
Eg: A Northern American might say ‘hello’ A southern American might say ‘howdy’

Question 22

Dialogue

Answer 22

A conversation between two or more people

Eg: Jake said ‘can you help me’ Jane said ‘no’

Question 23

Dissonance

Answer 23

This is the use of harsh sounding words in poetry

Eg: screech, the alarm went off

Question 24

Enjambment

Answer 24

The meaning runs over from one poetic line to another
Eg: The man was standing there
Not giving a care

Question 25

Irony

Answer 25

Using language that signifies the opposite for humans for emphatic effect Eg: Don't go overboard with the gratitude

Question 26

Monologue

Answer 26

A speech presented by a single character to express their meantal thoughts aloud Eg: 'I love Alice'

Question 27

Pathos

Answer 27

A way of convincing an audience of an argument by an emotional response Eg: please can I have this game I've had a really hard week

Question 28

Rhyme

Answer 28

Corresponding words or the ending of words | Eg: balloon moon

Question 29

Rhythm

Answer 29

The beat or pace of the poem | Eg: I will find the keys for you, and you must find a place to park the car

Question 30

Caesura

Answer 30

The natural ending to poetic phrase, especially when it ends in the middle of a line Eg: the headphone explodes || breaking the mold

Question 31

Symbolism

Answer 31

Using an object or word that is used to represent an abstract idea. An action, place, word or object can be symbolism Eg: In animal farm Napoleon represents Stalin

Question 32

Semantic field

Answer 32

Words that are all related to one another | Eg: The semantic field of Violence is punch, kick, fight

Question 33

Preposition

Answer 33

A word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to a verb or adjective Eg: he sat on the chair

Question 34

Article

Answer 34

A word used to modify a noun | Eg: A boy ate an apple

Question 35

Declarative

Answer 35

A scentence in the form of a statement

Question 36

Exclamatory

Answer 36

An exclamatory sentnce expresses strong emotion, and it ends with an exclamation mark

Question 37

Interrogative

Answer 37

An interrogative sentence is usually in the form of a question

Question 38

Imperative

Answer 38

An imperative sentence usually contains a command