GCSE English Language: Language Features

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Rhyme

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Onomatopeia

formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun

Hyperbole

extreme exaggeration

Facts

information that is true or demonstrable

Statistics

Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data.

Listing

A sentence with multiple phrases that create a list.

imperative

absolutely necessary

rhetorical question

A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Verbs

Words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a sentence

Nouns

A person, place, thing, or idea

adjective

A word that describes a noun

synonum

Same meaning or definition

means the same or almost the same.

Antonyms

words that have opposite meanings

Assononce

the repetition of the same vowel sounds in the middle of words

neologisim

new word or expression

symbolisim

something that stands for something else

slang

informal language

Jargon

special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

Emotive language

Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual.

colloquial language

informal language; language that is "conversational"

Idiom

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

cliche

a worn-out idea or overused expression