Language Techniques
Across
- 6. Informal language, including slang
- 9. The writer's attitude towards a subject
- 10. Exaggerated language
- 12. Drawing parallels or comparisons between unrelated or dissimilar things
- 13. Hinting at something that is going to happen later
- 15. Attaching human attributes to inanimate objects, abstract things and animals
- 17. A word or phrase that modifies a verb
- 18. Words that sound like their descriptions, eg. bang
- 19. Use of an object, idea, etc. to represent something else
- 20. A difference between what is said and what is meant
- 21. Specific choice of words
Down
- 1. A word modifying a noun
- 2. A reference to a known figure, place, event or idea
- 3. Asking something without requiring an answer
- 4. The feeling that the author creates
- 5. An interruption in the timeline, returning to a previous event
- 7. Painting imagery in the reader's mind
- 8. Comparing or contrasting two opposites
- 11. Words used to evoke emotions
- 14. An unexpected power or event which saves the situation
- 16. Repeating words for effect
- 19. When two things are compared using 'as' or 'like'