Language & Structure Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

First letter of a word repeated in following words

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Exaggeration on purpose. Provides emphasis

Question 3

Imagery

Answer 3

Strong pictures/ideas are created in the reader

Question 4

Irony

Answer 4

Words/Ideas are sarcastic to imply opposite

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

Words that sound like what it’s describing.
E.g. splash

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

Opposite words joined together.

Question 7

Pathos

Answer 7

Language that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow in reader

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Human quality described in object

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

Words/Phrases repeated for effect

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

Similarity between two things, contain “like” or “as”

Question 11

Symbolism

Answer 11

Objects, Colours… Give insight into theme

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

Mood that the text creates

Question 13

Juxtaposition

Answer 13

Description of two things that contrast with each other

Question 14

What structure techniques are there?

Answer 14

• Paragraph & Sentence lengths
• Pace
• Repetition
• Cyclic
• Sentence Complexity

Question 15

Emotive language

Answer 15

Shows reader how writer/author feels

Question 16

Parallel structure

Answer 16

Same grammatical tone within a sentence, for different things

Question 17

Anaphora

Answer 17

Same words at beginning of sentence, emphasizes

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

Phrase which indirectly refers to something

Question 19

Asyndetic list

Answer 19

List with no conjunctions (“and”), make list overwhelming

Question 20

Colon

Answer 20

Adds pause and emphasis to following clause

Question 21

Ellipsis

Answer 21

Much more to be said

Question 22

Enjambment

Answer 22

Continuation of sentence from one line to another

Question 23

Tension

Answer 23

Makes passage seem more interesting

Question 24

Direct Adress

Answer 24

Addresses the audience/reader, increases engagement

Question 25

Sibilance

Answer 25

Repetition of “s” at start of words, hissing sound

Question 26

Lexical field

Answer 26

Vocabulary related to a topic

Question 27

Assonance

Answer 27

Resemblence of sounds in nearby words

Question 28

Compound words

Answer 28

words without space, informal and portrays lack of understanding

Question 29

Quatrain

Answer 29

Four lines with rhyming scheme

Question 30

Refrain

Answer 30

Phrase that is repeated throughout poem

Question 31

Rhyming Couplets

Answer 31

Words at end of lines rhyme

Question 32

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 32

Emotions to objects

Question 33

Euphemism

Answer 33

Softer expression instead of an offensive or exageratted one.