Techniques

Question 1

When someone is quoted as saying something

Answer 1

Direct Speech

Question 2

Specialist language in which is specific to something

Answer 2

Jargon

Question 3

I, my, me

Answer 3

First Person - makes the reader more connected to the speaker

Question 4

You, your

Answer 4

Second Person - Directly adresses and draws in the reader

Question 5

he/she/it/they/their/him/her/them

Answer 5

Third Person - Gives a more complete view of an event

Question 6

Two conflicting parts of a text e.g. a really sad part followed by a really funny part

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Contrast

Question 7

Two contrasting things happening side by side e.g. ‘ the old farmer ploughed the field enthusiasitcally behind the disconsolate donkey. Or ‘whilst his cold-hearted wife continued to scream at him for being late, he thought of the happy, loving woman he had just left behind him at the hotel.’

Answer 7

Juxtaposition

Question 8

Direct opposites such as life and death, hot and cold

Answer 8

Binary Opposition

Question 9

Opposites, but not absolute opposites. e.g. warm and cold

Answer 9

Antithesis

Question 10

something being described three ways e.g. ‘when I lost the race, I felst as though I had let my friends down, disappointed my family and made a complete fool of myself’

Answer 10

Rule of three

Question 11

Repeating a key word in a sentence, or paragraph, or whole text

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Repetition - drills it into the reader’s mind as important

Question 12

An action e.g. singing

Answer 12

Verb

Question 13

Something that qualifies a verb

Answer 13

Adverb

Question 14

describes a noun

Answer 14

Adjective

Question 15

Exaggeration

Answer 15

Hyperbole

Question 16

Exaggeration saying something is the best ‘the most beautiful girl in the room’

Answer 16

Superlative

Question 17

Intended to make someone think/feel/do as you want them to

Answer 17

Persuasive Language

Question 18

Language which is written to create a specific emotional response from the reader, e.g. to make them laugh, to make them scared, feel pity, etc.

Answer 18

Emotive Language

Question 19

An expression to make something less offensive, disturbing, or troubling as the word or phrase it replaces e.g. ‘her dad just passed’

Answer 19

Euphemism

Question 20

E.g. ironic, scathing, chatty, empathetic, harsh, angry, urgent, moving, soft, visceral

Answer 20

Tone

Question 21

Imagery, such as metaphors, similes and symbolism

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Figurative Language

Question 22

Something that represents something else

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Symbolism

Question 23

Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’ eg ‘he is as strong as a lion’

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Simile

Question 24

Comparing two things by saying something is something else which cannot possibly be true e.g. he had a heart of stone.

Answer 24

Metaphor

Question 25

A command e.g. 'You must achieve at least a C in your GCSE'

Answer 25

Imperative Sentence

Question 26

A question e.g. 'do you think you can achieve a t least a C in your GCSE'

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Interrogative Sentence

Question 27

A statement e.g. 'you can achieve at least a C in your GCSE'

Answer 27

Declarative Sentence

Question 28

Saying something which normally means or shows the opposite, e.g. 'how do you spell intelligent' OR a situation that appears opposite to what one expects

Answer 28

Irony

Question 29

A nasty form of irony

Answer 29

Sarcasm

Question 30

A group of words all associated with the same thing, e.g. candy floss, roller-coaster, haunted house, waterslide all relate to theme parks

Answer 30

Lexical Field

Question 31

Suggests something in addition to its primary meaning, e.g. 'he had blood on his hands'

Answer 31

Connotations

Question 32

Words or phrases which clash vowel and consonant sounds to make them sound unpleasant and foreboding, e.g. 'fierce-throated beauty'

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Dissonance

Question 33

Repetition of vowel sounds, e.g. 'light of my life'

Answer 33

Assonance

Question 34

When two or more words in a sentence start with the same letter or sound

Answer 34

Alliteration

Question 35

When a word sounds like itself, e.g. cuckoo, buzz, hiss, etc

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Onomatopoeia

Question 36

A joke that uses a word or words with more than one meaning

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Pun

Question 37

When the weather or atmosphere reflects the mood or atmosphere of the text, e.g. if a character is sad and it is raining outside or if they are happy and it is sunny.

Answer 37

Pathetic Fallacy

Question 38

When something non-human is given human characteristics e.g. the wind sighed through the trees

Answer 38

Personification

Question 39

A question that doesn't need answering because the answer is obvious or is intended to provoke thought, e.g. 'Don't you deserve to be happy?'

Answer 39

Rhetorical Question

Question 40

Polite, standard English

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Formal Language

Question 41

Colloquial, everyday English, slang, etc

Answer 41

Informal Language

Question 42

One main idea/clause e.g. 'a book fell on John's foot'

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Simple Sentence

Question 43

Two main ideas/clauses usually connected with an 'and', 'a book fell on John's foot and a book fell on Mary's foot'

Answer 43

Compound Sentence

Question 44

A main idea with a sub-clause. e.g. 'A book fell on John's foot when he pushed the table' or use a semi colon 'a book fell on John's foot; he knocked it off the table'

Answer 44

Complex Sentence

Question 45

Places, feelings and ideas e.g. home, school, book, computer, trees

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Common Nouns

Question 46

Names of specific people and places e.g. 'England, John,

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Proper Nouns

Question 47

Groups of objects e.g. 'army', 'family', 'audience'

Answer 47

Collective Noun

Question 48

Something that can be perceived with the senses, it is corporeal

Answer 48

Concrete

Question 49

Used so that a noun doesn't have to be reused e.g. 'you, me, I, them, him, her'

Answer 49

Pronoun

Question 50

An intangible idea or concept

Answer 50

Abstract Noun

Question 51

A verb that give an instruction 'stop', 'bring', 'give', 'tell

Answer 51

Imperative Verb

Question 52

A verb which does not physically move but is still happening e.g. 'love', 'hate', 'prefer', 'own', 'understand'

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Stative Verb

Question 53

A verb which is physically moving or changing. e.g. 'walk', 'learn', 'read', 'become'

Answer 53

Dynamic Verb

Question 54

A clause with a subject, a verb and an object, they make sense on their own e.g. 'I like bananas

Answer 54

Main Clause

Question 55

A clause that relies on a main clause connected to it in order to make sense

Answer 55

Subordinate Clause

Question 56

Words which only contain one syllable e.g. 'yes', 'cat'

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monosyllabic

Question 57

Alliteration with an s

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Sibilance

Question 58

Personification that isn't metaphorical

Answer 58

Anthropomorphism

Question 59

An overused phrase or opinion e.g. 'You can't judge a book by its cover'

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Cliché

Question 60

a phrase that explains or qualifies something

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Parenthetical Remark

Question 61

Two or more words that can act as an adverb

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Adverbial Phrase

Question 62

A well-known metaphorical phrase where the meaning doesn't relate to the words making it up. e.g. 'A penny for your thoughts'

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Idiom

Question 63

Appealing to emotion

Answer 63

Pathos

Question 64

When words are left out of a sentence and replaced with ...

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Elipsis - Can create Tension

Question 65

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of phrases or sentences. E.g. 'I have a dream'

Answer 65

Anaphora

Question 66

A hint that something will happen

Answer 66

Foreshadowing

Question 67

Two conflicting words next to each other e.g. 'loving hate'

Answer 67

Oxymoron

Question 68

When a metaphor continues throughout a text

Answer 68

Extended Metaphor

Question 69

when multiple sentences, phrases or paragraphs end with the same word or phrase

Answer 69

Epistrophe