AQA Language Paper One Terminology

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  • AQA Language Paper One
    • Noun
      • A naming/ identifying word.
        • Example: cat, hero, giraffe, table.
    • Verb
      • A doing word.
        • Example: jumping.
    • Adjective
      • A describing word.
        • Example: magnificent
    • Alliteration
      • A letter or sound that is repeated in connected words.
        • Example: four forking fingers
    • Rule of three
      • A group of three adjectives or examples.
        • Example: abusive, terrible and fake.
    • Personification
      • Describing something non-human as having human qualities.
        • Example: The wind whispered.
    • Juxtaposition
      • Two words or phrases that that have opposite meanings.
        • Example:  All is fair in love and war.
    • Sibilance
      • A repetition of an 's' sound in a sentence.
        • Example: Sounds of silence
    • Sentences
      • Simple
        • Short and to the point.
      • Compound
        • In two parts, connected by a connective or punctuation. But both parts would make sense on their own.
      • Complex
        • Two parts, connected by a connective or punctuation. One part makes sense on its own, the other does not.
    • Assonance
      • Repetition of the same vowel sounds in words or sentences.
        • Example: Hells bells
    • Consonance
      • Repetition of consonance in words or in a sentence.
        • Example: Mike likes his new bike.
    • Simile
      • Comparing the subject to something else, using the words 'as' or 'like'
        • Example: He is as busy as a bee.
    • Metaphor
      • A sentence where the subject is compared to something unrelated, usually using the word 'is'.
        • Example: That test was murder.
    • Hyperbole
      • Exaggerating something for emphasis.
        • Example: My shoes are killing me!
    • Irony
      • The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
        • Example: A fire station burns down
    • Foreshadowing
      • When the author hints at events yet to come in a story.
        • Dialogue, such as “I have a bad feeling about this”
    • Tone
      • The overall mood and message of your book.
        • Example: Cheerful, dry, assertive, light-hearted.

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