Language Techniques 1
Name the technique;
He has a face like a punching bag.
simile.
Pun (Funniest group wins)
Give an example of a pun
Imperative
A command that is expected to be followed.
Name the technique;
The moon was a lost stranger wandering across the sky
Personification
It is the exaggeration of a statement.
What is a hyperbole?
Language that is used that makes the reader respond emotionally, perhaps sympathising with a character or sharing the writer's point of view.
What is emotive langauge?
A story in which everything symbolises something else.
What is an allegory?
'A heart of stone'
What is a metaphor?
Where the words used sound like the thing or concept being described.
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of a vowel such as A, E, I, O, U.
What is assonance?
A technique when a 's' sound is repeated.
Sibilance
A repeated image that occurs through a text.
What is a motif?
Term to describe when a story begins and ends in the same place.
What is a circular narrative?
Repetition of vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
Describing two unrelated things or ideas using the words 'as' or 'like'.
What is a simile used for?
10 bonus points to the first team who gives an example of a simile from the extract we have read today.
Imagery based on smell.
What is olfactory imagery?
Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of motion or movement.
What is Kinesthetic imagery?
Sounds made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, examples: 'V', 'F', 'Z'.
What is a fricative?
When one line runs onto the next.
What is enjambment?