Language Techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The occurrence of the same letter or sound and the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

Something that is designed to call something to mind without mentioning it

Question 3

Ambiguity

Answer 3

A word or phrase which contains more than one meaning

Question 4

Archaisms

Answer 4

A distinction between archaic or obsolete words very old or old fashioned style of language

Question 5

Assonance

Answer 5

The repetition of vowel sounds to create an internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

Question 6

Asyndetic listing

Answer 6

The act of leaving out one more of the usual conjunctions between sentence elements “I gave her food, clothes, water”

Question 7

Caesura

Answer 7

A pause in a line that is formed by the rhythm of natural speech. A break in words.

Question 8

Collective noun

Answer 8

Something that refers to a group

“Family” “herd” “subjects”

Question 9

Colloquial language

Answer 9

Slang or differential language that is near/nature to a certain area
“Yo”

Question 10

Dialogue

Answer 10

A conversation between two or more people

Question 11

Direct address

Answer 11

The name of the person who is being directly spoken to

Question 12

Elipsis

Answer 12

…

Question 13

Euphemism

Answer 13

A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or too blunt. Can also be suggesting sexual nature.

Question 14

Form

Answer 14

The structure of a text

Question 15

Hyperbole

Answer 15

An exaggeration of something that is ordinary

Over exaggeration

Question 16

Imagery

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The term that appeals to our senses, creates a picture in our head.

Question 17

Imperative mood

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The form of the verbs that makes direct commands and requests

Question 18

Metaphor

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Something that is described as something else

“You are a couch potato”

Question 19

Monologue

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When a character exposes their personal thoughts and feeling through a speech to another character

Question 20

Monosyllabic

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a word with only one syllable or a person who uses short phrases.

Question 21

Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like its noise

“Bang” “crash”

Question 22

Oxymoron

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When two opposites are out together

“A feather of led”

Question 23

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 23

When the weather reflects someone’s mood

Also; animals or inanimate things

Question 24

Personification

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When an object is described with human-like features

Question 25

Plosive language

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Consonant sounds that are formed by completely stopping airflow

Question 26

Protagonist

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The main character (the good character)

Question 27

Repetition

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A repetition of words or phrases after each other

Question 28

Simile

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Something that is described as being alike to something | “You are like a couch potato”

Question 29

Stereotype

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A character with generalised traits.

Question 30

Stichomythia

Answer 30

Sequences of single alternating line or half lines used in drama

Question 31

The emphasis that falls on certain syllables and not others

Answer 31

Stress

Question 32

Superlatives

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An adjective or adverb used to distinguish an object from three or more others of its type. “Good, better, BEST”

Question 33

Syndetic listing

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The opposite of asyndetic listing | “I gave her food and shelter and clothing”

Question 34

Syntax

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The way in which words and sentences are placed together in the writing.

Question 35

Tautology

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Reflective use of phrases or words that have similar meanings “They arrived one after the other in succession”

Question 36

Tricolon

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Rhetorical term that consists of three parallel clauses

Question 37

Abstract nouns

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A naming word for an idea, concept, state of being or belief (not something you can touch) Love, hate, jealousy, Christianity, Marxism, etc

Question 38

Active verb

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A word that represents a physical action | Eg jump, run, leap, ride

Question 39

Comparative adjective

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An adjective that relates one thing to another in some way “Smarter” “Better”

Question 40

Declarative sentence

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When a sentence makes a statement

Question 41

Exclamatory sentence

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When a sentence conveys a strong sense of emotion alarm or emphasis

Question 42

Hypophora

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A rhetorical question is immediately followed by an answer | “Is this the best film ever!?... yes!”

Question 43

Imperative sentence

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When a sentence is issuing a command

Question 44

Interrogative sentence

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When a sentence is asking a question

Question 45

Litotes

Answer 45

Opposite of hyperbole - Downplaying something for effect

Question 46

Modal verbs

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An auxiliary verb that expresses a degree of possibility or necessity e.g might, could, must, should

Question 47

Post modification

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A descriptive technique where the descriptive words come after the thing they are describing. “The wad of cash, which was BIG AND FAT”

Question 48

Pre modification

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A descriptive technique where the descriptive words come before the thing they are describing “the BIG, FAT wad of cash”

Question 49

Pronoun

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A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence “he, she, they”

Question 50

Register

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The level of formality of a text

Question 51

Statute verbs

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A word that represents a process which is often mental e.g. thinking, loving, pondering, wondering

Question 52

Syndedoche

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A metaphor that states that something is only a consistent part of itself e.g. he has a new set of wheels (car)