A-level English literature (A01) 🪷
Anaphora - correct answer The repetiton of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses e.g
every day, every night
Adverb - correct answer A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Alliteration - correct answer Repetition of the same letters and sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance - correct answer Words with the same vowel sounds
Allusion - correct answer A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person or object to
make a comparison in reader's minds
Ambiguity - correct answer A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
Archaic - correct answer A word that is no longer in use and is old fashioned
Aspirant alliteration - correct answer The repetition of 'h'
Bilabial alliteration - correct answer The repetition of 'm' and 'b'
Blank verse - correct answer Non-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Caesura - correct answer The break in a line of poetry
Cliché - correct answer An expression that is either overused or an event that is predictable
Colloquial - correct answer Informal text often used in everyday conversation
Compound adjective - correct answer When two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the
same noun
,A-level English literature (A01) 🪷
Conceit (n) - correct answer
Ambiguity (n) - correct answer A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
abstract noun - correct answer a name used to describe things that have no physical qualities e.g.
freedom,love
active voice - correct answer a grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the sentence
e.g. the dog ate the bone
adjective - correct answer a word that can modify a noun or a pronoun and can be used as a pre-
modifier or post-modifier e.g. gnarled,shiny
sibilance - correct answer the repeated use of 's' or 'z' sounds
dental alliteration - correct answer the repeated use of 'd' or 't' sounds
gutteral alliteration - correct answer the repeated use of 'g' sounds
alternate rhyme - correct answer lines of poetry where the rhyme is on every other line (ABAB)
arched rhyme - correct answer lines of poetry that follow the rhyming pattern ABBA
archaism - correct answer a word that is out of date, old fashioned and from an earlier era
asyndetic listing - correct answer a list that doesn't contain 'and'
attitudes - correct answer the opinions expressed in a text
, A-level English literature (A01) 🪷
modal verbs (auxiliary) - correct answer words that precede a verb, often to show a degree of certainty
e.g. will,must,should
initial caesura - correct answer a break in poetry at the beginning
medial caesura - correct answer a break in poetry in the middle
clause - correct answer a group of words with a verb that is structurally larger than a phrase
collective noun - correct answer a noun that refers to a group of people,animals or things
common/concrete noun - correct answer a name for everyday objects e.g. pencil,car,door
complex sentence - correct answer a sentence that is made up of one main clause and one or more
subordinate clauses
co-ordinating conjunction - correct answer a word that joins elements of a sentence that are of equal
importance e.g. and,but,or
compound sentence - correct answer a sentence made up of at least two main clauses joined by a co-
ordinating conjunction e.g. Michael likes poetry but Lucy loves prose
compound adjective - correct answer an adjective made up of two words joined by a hyphen
Conceit - correct answer an extended,elaborate metaphor
connotations - correct answer the implied meanings and associations attached to words
content - correct answer what the text is about
Anaphora - correct answer The repetiton of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses e.g
every day, every night
Adverb - correct answer A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Alliteration - correct answer Repetition of the same letters and sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance - correct answer Words with the same vowel sounds
Allusion - correct answer A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person or object to
make a comparison in reader's minds
Ambiguity - correct answer A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
Archaic - correct answer A word that is no longer in use and is old fashioned
Aspirant alliteration - correct answer The repetition of 'h'
Bilabial alliteration - correct answer The repetition of 'm' and 'b'
Blank verse - correct answer Non-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Caesura - correct answer The break in a line of poetry
Cliché - correct answer An expression that is either overused or an event that is predictable
Colloquial - correct answer Informal text often used in everyday conversation
Compound adjective - correct answer When two or more adjectives are joined together to modify the
same noun
,A-level English literature (A01) 🪷
Conceit (n) - correct answer
Ambiguity (n) - correct answer A word, phrase or statement that contains more than one meaning
abstract noun - correct answer a name used to describe things that have no physical qualities e.g.
freedom,love
active voice - correct answer a grammatical structure in which the subject is the actor of the sentence
e.g. the dog ate the bone
adjective - correct answer a word that can modify a noun or a pronoun and can be used as a pre-
modifier or post-modifier e.g. gnarled,shiny
sibilance - correct answer the repeated use of 's' or 'z' sounds
dental alliteration - correct answer the repeated use of 'd' or 't' sounds
gutteral alliteration - correct answer the repeated use of 'g' sounds
alternate rhyme - correct answer lines of poetry where the rhyme is on every other line (ABAB)
arched rhyme - correct answer lines of poetry that follow the rhyming pattern ABBA
archaism - correct answer a word that is out of date, old fashioned and from an earlier era
asyndetic listing - correct answer a list that doesn't contain 'and'
attitudes - correct answer the opinions expressed in a text
, A-level English literature (A01) 🪷
modal verbs (auxiliary) - correct answer words that precede a verb, often to show a degree of certainty
e.g. will,must,should
initial caesura - correct answer a break in poetry at the beginning
medial caesura - correct answer a break in poetry in the middle
clause - correct answer a group of words with a verb that is structurally larger than a phrase
collective noun - correct answer a noun that refers to a group of people,animals or things
common/concrete noun - correct answer a name for everyday objects e.g. pencil,car,door
complex sentence - correct answer a sentence that is made up of one main clause and one or more
subordinate clauses
co-ordinating conjunction - correct answer a word that joins elements of a sentence that are of equal
importance e.g. and,but,or
compound sentence - correct answer a sentence made up of at least two main clauses joined by a co-
ordinating conjunction e.g. Michael likes poetry but Lucy loves prose
compound adjective - correct answer an adjective made up of two words joined by a hyphen
Conceit - correct answer an extended,elaborate metaphor
connotations - correct answer the implied meanings and associations attached to words
content - correct answer what the text is about
