AQA Language Paper One Terminology
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- AQA Language Paper One
- Noun
- A naming/ identifying word.
- Example: cat, hero, giraffe, table.
- A naming/ identifying word.
- Verb
- A doing word.
- Example: jumping.
- A doing word.
- Adjective
- A describing word.
- Example: magnificent
- A describing word.
- Alliteration
- A letter or sound that is repeated in connected words.
- Example: four forking fingers
- A letter or sound that is repeated in connected words.
- Rule of three
- A group of three adjectives or examples.
- Example: abusive, terrible and fake.
- A group of three adjectives or examples.
- Personification
- Describing something non-human as having human qualities.
- Example: The wind whispered.
- Describing something non-human as having human qualities.
- Juxtaposition
- Two words or phrases that that have opposite meanings.
- Example: All is fair in love and war.
- Two words or phrases that that have opposite meanings.
- Sibilance
- A repetition of an 's' sound in a sentence.
- Example: Sounds of silence
- A repetition of an 's' sound in a sentence.
- 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.
- Simple
- Assonance
- Repetition of the same vowel sounds in words or sentences.
- Example: Hells bells
- Repetition of the same vowel sounds in words or sentences.
- Consonance
- Repetition of consonance in words or in a sentence.
- Example: Mike likes his new bike.
- Repetition of consonance in words or in a sentence.
- Simile
- Comparing the subject to something else, using the words 'as' or 'like'
- Example: He is as busy as a bee.
- Comparing the subject to something else, using the words 'as' or 'like'
- Metaphor
- A sentence where the subject is compared to something unrelated, usually using the word 'is'.
- Example: That test was murder.
- A sentence where the subject is compared to something unrelated, usually using the word 'is'.
- Hyperbole
- Exaggerating something for emphasis.
- Example: My shoes are killing me!
- Exaggerating something for emphasis.
- Irony
- The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
- Example: A fire station burns down
- The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
- Foreshadowing
- When the author hints at events yet to come in a story.
- Dialogue, such as “I have a bad feeling about this”
- When the author hints at events yet to come in a story.
- Tone
- The overall mood and message of your book.
- Example: Cheerful, dry, assertive, light-hearted.
- The overall mood and message of your book.
- Noun
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