Gcse English Language: Subject Terminology Already Passed

interjection {Ans: expresses emotion}personification {Ans: describing something non- human as if it is human e.g. 'the angry sky'}hyperbole {Ans: extreme exaggeration used for effect e.g. this suitcase weighs a ton}sibilance {Ans: repetition of the 's' sound}simile {Ans: describing something by comparing it to something else using the words 'like' or 'as'}Theme {Ans: A key topic or idea that is explored by the writer through a text. (e.g. a central theme in Macbeth is ambition)}