Connotations, Associations or ideas attached to words, Figurative Language, Writing, or dialogue in drama, that makes the writer’s ideas more meaningful, descriptive or memorable. Includes metaphors, similes, personification etc, Hyperbole, Extreme exaggeration, Onomatopoeia, Words which sound like the word they are describing eg buzz, crack, Simile, Comparing two things, saying that one is like another, or using as…..as., Metaphor, Comparison of two things where something is said to be something else, Siblilance, A type of alliteration – the “s” sound. Generally either calming or sinister, Triad, ‘Power of 3’ – three ideas or words, used for emphasis, Alliteration, The same letter at the beginning of two or more words close together. Usually to stress something, Personification, Giving something human attributes or characteristics – trees waving, Semantic Field, A group of words that are linked by theme, idea or association, Oxymoron, A phrase in which two words contradict each other eg icy fire, deafening silence, Anaphora, Repetition of words or phrases, usually in a poem, Pathetic Fallacy, Attribution of human emotion, particularly to weather, to set a tone/atmosphere eg sullen clouds, vicious rain, cruel wind, Stanza, A number of lines grouped together in a poem, Juxtaposition, Two contrasting ideas are placed together, Caesura, A break in a line of poetry (full stop, comma, semi-colon), Enjambment, When the sense in a poem runs over more than one line

Key Language Analysis Terms

by
Print
Embed

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

Continue editing: ?