Across
- 3. Language which describes something in detail, using words to substitute for and create sensory stimulation, including visual imagery and sound imagery.
- 4. Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen.
- 9. Where a specific word, phrase, or structure is repeated several times, usually in close proximity, to emphasize a particular idea.
- 10. Compare by observing differences or opposites.
- 11. Mocking, cutting type humour that is personal in intent and aims to humiliate.
- 13. Simile is a comparison where one thing or idea is described as being similar to another. Similes usually contain the words “like” or “as”.
- 15. A question asked that is not meant the be answered. It is not to gain information but to have the audience think about something more deeply.
- 18. A contradiction in terms (e.g. cold fire)
- 19. Is an over-exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. It aims to create humour or to emphasise a point (e.g. She prepared enough food to feed an army.)
- 20. A term used to describe a tendency or preference towards a particular perspective, ideology or result, when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, without prejudice or objective. Bias is generally seen as a 'one-sided' perspective or prejudice.
- 22. Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves. There are many techniques which can rightly be called figurative language, including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, verbal irony, and oxymoron. The poet makes extensive use of figurative language, presenting the speaker’s feelings as colours, sounds and flavours.
- 23. A metaphor is a comparison without the use of “like” or “as”. A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another.
- 24. Is the ordinary, everyday speech of a particular place and time period. It is informal, casual and conversational.
- 25. Where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are given human qualities
Down
- 1. An overused expression or idea, e.g. ‘to die for’; ‘as thick as a plank’.
- 2. The “voice” of a poem; not to be confused with the poet him/herself.
- 5. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words for emphasis, e.g. ‘asleep in the deep’.
- 6. The repetition of consonant sounds within close proximity, usually in consecutive words within the same sentence or line.
- 7. The placing of two things side by side so that similarities or differences between the two texts are made obvious.
- 8. The feeling or mood in a text; for example, an atmosphere of tension or danger in a thriller. Atmosphere is created by a combination of actions, characters and words or images used in a text.
- 12. Reference to matters outside of literary work. For example, people, events, myths, legends, biblical, historical, Shakespearean, contemporary references.
- 14. Irony implies the opposite of what is said. The intention is for the opposite to be understood. It is the tone which tempers or conveys this meaning. For example: “I can’t wait for my detention on Friday afternoon.”
- 16. Words used deliberately to create an emotional impact or response. Emotive language is particularly common in poetry, in which language is at its most condensed and evocative.
- 17. Where sounds are spelled out as words; or, when words describing sounds actually sound like the sounds they describe.
- 21. The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas.