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GCSE Eng Key Terms

Key terms

TermDefinition
Alliteration Starting words with the same letter sounds: sun, sea and sand Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Simile comparison of one item with another, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’: He was as white as a sheet. His is like a lion in battle.
Metaphor A metaphor describes one thing as being another. It says one thing 'is' another thing. The sea was a blue quilt. He is a lion in battle.
Personification Giving human qualities to something that is not human. The leaves danced in the trees
Rhetorical Question A question for effect, not one that you must give an answer to.
Assonance Rhyming using the vowel sound, eg shin and thick both have the short 'i' sound.
Triadic structure / tricolon Things that come in lists of 3 to create impact.
Emotive Language Language that creates emotion.
Adjectives Words that describe a thing, e.g big, tall, blue, happy, lazy.
Adverbs Words that describe how an action is being done, e.g quickly, happily, creepily.
Short vowel sounds Sounds like 'i' in 'sit' and 'thick' or the 'a' in 'cat'.
Long vowel sounds Sounds like the 'ou' in 'course' or the 'ea' in 'crease'
Stanza The 'verses' of a poem
Syntax Sentence structure. Sentences can be short and punchy, or long and flowing. They can be fast or slow.
Rhyme When the ends of two or more words sound the same, eg eyes, tries, skies, flies
Lexis Words
Juxtaposition the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Oxymoron apparently contradictory terms appear in together eg 'feather of lead'
Connotation an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning e.g the word 'holiday' may have connotations of air travel, beaches, icecream, sunshine etc,
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