What is alliteration (give an example)
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Trust Tommy to try to trick Tony)
What is emotive language (give an example)
Language intended to create an emotional response (A heart broken aroma of death filled the air as he surveyed the devastation and destruction that had befallen them)
What is a hyperbole (give an example)
A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect (the circus was a magnet for the children)
What is onomatopoeia (give an example)
Words that sound a little like what they mean (the autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot)
What is an oxymoron (give an example)
A phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory (there was a deafening silence)
What is a pathetic fallacy (give an example)
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather (the clouds crowded together suspiciously as the sky darkened)
What is personification (give an example)
The attribution of human characteristics, emotions, and behaviours to animals or other non-human things (the sun smiled at the hills, ready to begin a new day)
What is sibilance (give an example)
A hissing sound created within a group of words through the repetition of “s” sound (Sammy the snake slithered slyly)
What is a simile (give an example)
A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually ‘as’ or ‘like’ (the trees stood as tall as towers)
What is a symbol
Something used to stand for or represent something else
What is tone
The author’s attitude toward the subject of a work or toward the audience
