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| Question | Answer |
| What is Assonance? | The same vowel sound repeated with different consonants. i.e sharp, dark glance |
| What is Alliteration? | The fist letter of the word is repeated in words that follow. i.e. slithery snakes |
| What is a Colloquial? | Language used with an informal meaning. i.e."Chill", "Out of this world" |
| What is Dialect? | Version of a language spoken by particular people in a particular area. i.e. Scots |
| What is Dialogue? | Conversation between two people or sometimes imagined between the narrator and reader. (It can show conflict, challenges, intimacy where characters mirror content/style of each others speech) |
| What is Dissonance? | A discordant (disagreeing) combination of sounds. i.e. The clash and spew of grinding waves against the quay |
| What is Enjambment? | Where a sentence continues beyond the end of a line or verse. (Used to create a sense of continuation from one stanza to another) |
| What is Hyperbole? | Exaggerating something for literary purposes, which is not meant to be taken seriously. |
| What is Imagery? | Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Anthropomorphism. They compare something real with something imagined. |
| What is Irony? | The humorous or sarcastic use of words and ideas, implying the opposite of what they mean. |
| What is Dramatic Irony? | Where the audience know something the characters in the play do not. |
| What is a Metaphor? | A word or phrase used to imply figurative resemblance. i.e. He flew into the room. |
| What is an Onomatopoeia? | A word that sounds like a noise. |
| What is an Oxymoron? | Two words not normally associated with each other are brought together. i.e. 'Cold heart' |
| What is Pathos? | Language that evokes feeling of pity or sorrow. |
| What is Symbolism? | Where something is used to represent something else. They give us insight to themes. |
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