Language Features 1
A comparison that often uses like or as
What is a simile
A direct comparison that does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
Eg: twinkle, crash, boom
What are examples of onomatopoeia?
Giving non-human things human characteristics.
What is personification?
I'm so hungry I could eat the table!
What is an example of hyperbole?
A paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
What is an example of rhyme?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words.
What is alliteration?
Referring to a different song/movie/book/poem/historical figure in a piece of literature.
What is allusion?
The car slithered on the wet road.
What is an example of a metaphor.
A question that doesn't need to be answered.
What is a rhetorical question?
A piece of writing that is told directly from the author's perspective (often using pronouns like "I" or "we")
What is first person perspective?
A piece of writing told from the reader's perspective (often using the pronoun "you")
What is second person perspective?
A piece of writing from a character's perspective (often told with pronouns like "he", "she" or "they")
What is third person perspective?
When several examples of something are mentioned, often in a list.
What is listing?
Saying something that may be considered harsh or offensive in a gentler way (eg: my uncle kicked the bucket)
What is a euphemism?
A humorous play on words, eg: "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!".
What is a pun?
Two almost opposite words that are put next to each other (Example: pretty ugly, big baby etc)
What is an oxymoron?
Two opposite ideas or concepts that are used to create emphasis. Example: My birthday was the worst day of my life!
What is juxtaposition?
What the line of poetry does not end with punctuation and / or when a sentence ends in the middle of a line of poetry.
What is enjambment?
She sells seashells by the sea shore
What is an example of sibilance?
What is it when you repeat words, stanzas or phrases for emphasis or reinforcement?
What is repetition?
Extreme personification (often seen in Pixar movies like Cars, Zootopia, Finding Nemo etc
What is anthropomorphism?
Using the natural world as a metaphor, (raining at a funeral, a sunrise after a monster is defeated etc)
What is the pathetic fallacy?
The telephone screeched out across the room.