Language Techniques 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureUnseen poetryGCSEWJEC Created by: neishabxCreated on: 01-01-19 19:49 Simile saying something is like or as something else (as fresh as a daisy) 1 of 27 Metaphor saying something is something else (you are my sunshine) 2 of 27 Repetition the repetition of a word or phrase multiple times (location, location, location) 3 of 27 Anaphora the repetition words/phrases at the start of multiple lines 4 of 27 Onomatopoeia a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing (pop, bang, tick) 5 of 27 Alliteration the repetition of sounds at the beginning of multiple words (the dark day was drawing in) 6 of 27 Tripling the repition of something three times 7 of 27 Sibilance the repetition of the ‘s’ sound at the beginning of multiple words (the snake slithered silently) 8 of 27 Personification human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas (the wind whistled) 9 of 27 Zoomorphism animal qualities given to humans (he waved goodbye with his huge paws) 10 of 27 Anthropomorphism giving human qualities to an animal 11 of 27 Superlative an exaggeration (it was the biggest pie in the world) 12 of 27 Ellipsis three dots (…) 13 of 27 Enjambment when a line runs on to the next without punctuation 14 of 27 Caesura punctuation which breaks up the middle of a line 15 of 27 Plosive Sound a harsh sound which stops airflow (g,p,b,t,k,d) 16 of 27 Fricative Sound a soft sound (z, s, h, f, ph) 17 of 27 Monosyllabic words with one syllable 18 of 27 Polysyllabic words with multiple syllables 19 of 27 Juxtapostion a contrast between two ideas 20 of 27 Oxymoron when two contrasting words are placed next to each other 21 of 27 Colloquial Language informal/ slang language 22 of 27 Expletive a swear word 23 of 27 Hyperbole an exaggeration 24 of 27 Emotive Language language which evokes an emotional response in the reader 25 of 27 Rhetorical Question a question which doesn't require an answer 26 of 27 Double Entendre when a message has a double meaning 27 of 27
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