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Language features
For the exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simile | A comparison between two things introduced by the words of like or as |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison of one thing with another without the use of like or as |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to a non-human for example an animal or an-inmate object |
| Alliteration | A repeated consonant of sound. Helps emphasise the meaning |
| Assonance | A repeated similar vowel sound. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word whose sound reflects on the meaning like echoes it. |
| Pun | A joke arising from words that looks the same or sounds the same. |
| Colloquialism | A word or phrase used in speech but not dignified in formal writing or speech |
| Compound words | 2 words joined together to make up a name e.g- surise |
| Hyperbole | A deliberate exaggeration for effect e.g- ´I have done a tone of homework´ |
| Narrative view point | The point of view, It is like the narrator is talking |
| Repetition | words,phrases or sentences are repeated for emphasis |
| Rhetorical question | A question that does not require an anwer |