language features definitions Flashcards
Simile definition
A comparison made using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Metaphor definition
Something being described as something it can’t literally be.
Personification definition
When something that isn’t human is given the qualities of a human.
Alliteration definition
When multiple words in a row all start with the same letter or sound.
Short sentence definition
A sentence that has up to 5 words
Oxymoron definition
A figure of speech that combines multiple words which have opposite meanings
Hyperbole definition
An extreme exaggeration
Onomatopoeia definition
A word that sounds like the sound it makes
Parenthesis definition
Punctuation used to add in additional information
Contrast definition
When two very different things are beside each other
Ellipsis definition
Three full stops in a row
Rule of three definition
When three examples are given for effect
Emotive language definition
When the language used to trying to make you feel a certain way
Syntax definition
The standard order of words that sentences usually run in
Repetition definition
When a word or phrase is repeated multiple times
