Comparisons
Sound and Rhythm
Human or Not?
Saying It Differently
Analyse the Effect
100
'The stars were like diamonds scattered across the sky.'
What is a simile?
100
'The world is a stage.'
What is a metaphor?
100
'It's raining cats and dogs.'
What is an idiom?
100
Whitman compares the sparks from the wheel to 'tiny showers of gold'. This is the device.
What is a metaphor (imagery)?
100
Why a writer might choose a metaphor instead of a simile.
What is to make the comparison stronger / more direct?
200
'Crash! Bang! Wallop!'
What is onomatopoeia?
200
'City's ceaseless crowd' (Walt Whitman).
What is alliteration / sibilance?
200
Repeated vowel sounds, like 'the light of the fire is a sight'.
What is assonance?
200
A soft, hissing 's' sound often used to create a calm or sinister mood.
What is sibilance?
200
'This woman dares to walk' - the repeated 'w' sound makes this line harder to read quickly, like her difficult walk.
What is alliteration?
300
'The old house groaned in the storm.'
What is personification?
300
'The kettle hissed angrily.' - name TWO devices.
What are onomatopoeia and personification?
300
'The bell clanged and the doors thudded shut.'
What is onomatopoeia?
300
An object that stands for a bigger idea, like a dove for peace.
What is a symbol / symbolism?
300
In 'The Road Not Taken', the roads are a symbol of this.
What are choices in life?
400
'I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.'
What is hyperbole?
400
'Not bad at all' - meaning 'very good'.
What is litotes?
400
Saying the opposite of what you mean to make a funny or serious point.
What is irony?
400
'Bittersweet' or 'deafening silence'.
What is an oxymoron?
400
'I've walked a thousand miles today!' - why might a writer exaggerate like this?
What is to show strong feeling (for emphasis or humour)?
500
Writing that appeals to the five senses to help the reader picture a scene.
What is imagery / sensory language?
500
'The lightning flashed like garish flames' - the sense this appeals to.
What is sight?
500
When a sentence in a poem runs onto the next line without a pause.
What is enjambment?
500
Words like 'chaos', 'cruelty' and 'suffering' in Anne Frank's diary are examples of this.
What is emotive language?
500
The paragraph structure for analysing a device: Point, Evidence, Explain, Link.
What is PEEL?
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