Language Features
Across
- 1. specific informal words or phrases that have a cultural definition that is different from the literal definition
- 4. Saying or implying the opposite of what you mean
- 5. Repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- 6. Comparing to similar things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
- 10. An over exaggeration
- 11. Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or at the beginning of words.
- 12. Use of an object to represent an emotion or belief or idea.
- 14. Visually descriptive words (eg. powerful verbs, adjectives, adverbs etc) that usually call on the five senses
- 15. Placing two ideas or concepts near each other to highlight their differences
Down
- 2. A series of things or ideas that are connected together in one sentence by commas and ‘and’
- 3. Giving something non-human, human characteristics
- 7. sentences Sentences that only express one idea
- 8. Special words or terms that are used by a specific group
- 9. Words sound like the sounds they name
- 13. An image which directly compares two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’