language feauture terms

Question	Answer
Alliteration	Repitition of consonant or first vowel sounds e.g. fine and fancy feet
Assonance	repition of the same vowel sound e.g. how about a round pound
Bibliography	A list of books or other resources on a particular subject.
Cliche	an overused expression
Colloquial	everyday informal, conversational language.
Connotation	the emotional suggestions created by words.
Euphemism	saying something unpleasant in a nice way e.g. died=passed away.
Form	How something is written.
Hyperbole	extreme exaggeration.
imagery	descriptions that appeal to our senses.
imperative	a command or order.
irony	when the opposite of what is meant or expected occurs.
Jargon	language special to one group of people that may be hard for others to understand.
Methaphor	comparing two unlike things, saying that one is the other.
Mood	the feeling created by the piece of writing
Neoglogism	a new word e.g somg ( smoke ad fog)
Personitfication	giving an object or animal human qualities.
plot	the story
point of veiw	where the writer stands in relation to the characters e.g. 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
pun	a play on words and creates humour
rhetorical question	a question asked that does not expect a respond/answer
rhyme	wheres words are deliberately placed together and have the same sound.
simile	comparing to unlike things saying using like or as.
slang	language regarded as below the acceptable standard speech
stanza	a unit of lines in a poem
symbol	something which is itself yet suggests something else
theme	mojor ideas or suggestions

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