Language Features 1
An indirect comparison that 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 a whale!
What is an example of hyperbole?
A paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?
What a time to be alive!
Do you feel the need to thrive?
What is an example of rhyme?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words.
What is alliteration?
When numbers or percentages are used in a text.
What are statistics?
When people's names are replaced with, "I, me, we, you, ours" etc.
What are personal pronouns?
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 narrative?
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?
When language is used to encourage readers to feel a particular type of way.
What is emotive language?
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?
Informal language that has been used to set a more conversational tone.
Something that is known to be true, that is being used as evidence in a piece of writing.
What are facts?