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?
A wonderful bird is the pelican
It's beak can fit more than it's belly can!
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 passed away)
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?
Extreme under-exaggeration, (Example: saying an amputation hurts "a little")
What is litotes?
Repetition of a line of poetry.
What is anaphora?
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 change of subject or tone during a poem.
What is a volta?