Year 10 English
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The use of words to imitate natural sounds such as buzz or pop.
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.
What is alliteration?
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human.
What is personification?
An obvious and intentional exaggeration. Example: “I could sleep for a thousand years”
What is hyperbole?
An expression of two words that contradict each other. Examples: “random order”, “definite possibility”
What is an oxymoron?
A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.
What is a pun?
An expression that was once interesting and vivid, but has been used so many times it no longer means much. Example: :pretty as a picture”
What is a cliché?
Technical terms related to a specific subject and used to talk about the subject in a knowledgeable way.
What is jargon?
Words and phrases that belong to everyday speech.
What is colloquial?
A comparison based on the similar features of two things used to explain a concept. Example: comparing the human heart to a pump.
What is analogy?
One of two or more words that have the same or nearly identical meanings.
What is a synomym?
One of two or more words that have opposite meanings.
What is an antonym?
Two words that are spelt the same and sound the same but have different meanings.
What is a homonym?
A word that sounds like another word. Usually doesn't have the same meaning or spelling and the words are often confused.
What is a homophone?
The feelings, emotions and shades of meaning suggested by a word or phrase, as opposed to the literal meaning of the word.
What is connotation?
The placement of two images (usually fairly similar, but with some differences) next to each other so that the differences become really obvious.
What is juxtaposition?
An imitation or mimicking of a text, especially using exaggeration to create humour.
What is parody?
A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.
What is an allusion?
The use of a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
What is symbolism?
A statement that seems to be a contradiction but reveals the truth.
What is a paradox?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than..
What is a simile?
A comparison of unlike things. This kind of comparison creates a powerful image where a quality of one thing reveals something about the other.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech where a word is used that we associate with the intended meaning. Example: the crown when we mean royalty or the government.
What is metonymy?
A figure of speech where the meaning intended is different or opposite to what is actually said or done.
What is irony?
The use of words that go beyond their ordinary meaning. It requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.
What is figurative language?
Saying the same thing twice but in different words. Example: I was feeling miserable and very unhappy.
What is tautology?