Language techniques or devices

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

extended metaphor in which a symbolic story is told

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

a short story using examples to support ideas

Question 4

Bias

Answer 4

inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfai

Question 5

cliche

Answer 5

overused phrase or theme

Question 6

caesura

Answer 6

a break in the middle of a line of poem which uses punctuation (any . , : ; etc…)

Question 7

Directive

Answer 7

using you we or use

Question 8

*Ellipsis

Answer 8

using 3 dots as punctuation to express emotion or that something has been omitted from the
writing

Question 9

Enjambment

Answer 9

incomplete sentences at the end of lines in poetry

Question 10

Extended Metaphor

Answer 10

a metaphor that continues into the sentence that follows or throughout the text

Question 11

*Hyperbole

Answer 11

use of exaggerated terms for emphasis

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

creating a picture in the readers head

Question 13

Juxtaposition

Answer 13

placing contrasting ideas close together in a text

Question 14

Motif

Answer 14

a recurring set of words/phrases or imagery for effect

Question 15

Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

words that sound like their meaning

Question 16

*Opinion

Answer 16

information that you can’t prove

Question 17

Oxymoron

Answer 17

using two terms together, that normally contradict each other

Question 18

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 18

ascribing human conduct and feelings to nature

Question 19

*Personification

Answer 19

: giving human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena

Question 20

Sibilance

Answer 20

repetition of letter ‘s’, it is a form of alliteration

Question 21

Superlative

Answer 21

declaring something the best within its class i.e. the ugliest, the most precious

Question 22

Sensory detail imagery

Answer 22

sight, sound, taste, touch, smell

Question 23

Simile

Answer 23

comparison between two things using like or as

Question 24

Symbolism

Answer 24

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Question 25

Tense

Answer 25

writing which is in the past, present or future

Question 26

Triplets

Answer 26

repetition of three ideas, words or phrases close together

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

the way a piece of text sounds e.g sarcastic etc