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GCSE English Language - Descriptive Terms
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- 1SimileA comparison to show how two objects or ideas are similar.
For example, "Her hair is as yellow as sunlight; her eyes shone like glass." - 2Metaphora comparison where one idea or object is figuratively shown as being something else.
For example, "He groaned and jerked his way out of bed: a zombie fresh from the grave." - 3HyperboleObvious exaggeration.
For example, "I've told you a million times." - 4PersonificationGiving human or animal characteristics or feelings to an inanimate object.
- 5Pathetic Fallacya type of personification where emotions are reflected in the weather or other objects.
For example, "a furious wind carried angry clouds overhead" - 6Onomatopoeiasound-words, eg. bang, pow, swoosh.
- 7Oxymorona combination of two words with opposing meanings, eg. bittersweet, deafening silence
- 8Atmospherethe overall mood created, which can be positive or negative depending on word choice.
- 9The five sensestouch, taste, smell, sound, sight; use these to make your description stimulate different senses.
- 10Descriptive verbseg. ‘bellowed’, ‘screamed’, or ‘hollered’ rather than ‘shouted’
- 11Big picture and zoomMoving between an overview of a scene and specific details in the scene.
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- Some key terms for the Descriptive Writing in GCSE English
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