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Literary Features
Literary Features Paper 2 GCSE English Ormerod
Term | Definition |
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Simile | A comparison where one thing is compared to another, using the words like or as, e.g. 'Her heart was like winter' |
Metaphor | A comparison where one thing is said to actually be another, e.g. 'Her heart was cold steel' |
Personification | When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't human or, in some cases, something that is not even living, e.g. 'The trees groaned' |
Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words to create effect, e.g. 'Bullets blazed boldly across the sky' |
Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates a sound, e.g. 'Crash' |
Pattern of three | Listing three things to create a specific effect, e.g. 'Desolate, abandoned, isolated, the house stood alone' |
Language for emotive effect | Words and phrases deliberately used to provoke a specific emotional reaction, e.g. 'The defenceless islanders appeared abandoned and forsaken as the fierce storm blew in' |
Rhetorical Question | A question that is asked for effect rather than for an answer, e.g. 'ask yourself, would you allow this to happen? |