Created by Sarah HERED
over 8 years ago
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Question | Answer |
Imagery | When you make someone visualise an image |
Metaphor | Saying that one thing is something else |
Simile | Comparing two different things with the words 'like' or 'as' |
Personification | Giving a non-living thing human qualities |
Antithesis | When you compare two opposite things to show that the world is full of conflict |
Repetition | When you repeat a word multiple times |
Alliteration | When words start with the same letter |
Onomatopoeia | When sound gets a word to make the reader imagine the sound |
Rhyme | When words sound the same or similar in their ending |
Oxymoron | When you put together two completely different ideas to make dramatic language |
Puns | When a word has two meanings |
Neologism | When you invent words |
Irony | When you say something but mean the opposite - like sarcasm |
Epithets | When you put an adjective in front of a name |
Inversion | When you change the order of words in a sentence |
Hyperbole | Obviously exaggerating - I'm so tired I can not work another step |
Bombast | Language used to show-off |
Assonance | A type of alliteration with vowels - A long song |
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