language devices

• noun 


  person, place or object
• verb 


  action
• adverb


  describes a verb
• adjective 


  describes a noun
• pathetic fallacy 


  when the weather reflects the mood or atmosphere of the scene being described
• imperative verb 


  a command
• comparative adjective 


  describes a difference between two items (bigger, smaller, greater)
• semantic field 


  when a group of words are used because they share the same meaning
• modal verb 


  express certainty or possibility
• imagery 


  the uses of senses to make a reader feel like they are in the scene being described
• proper noun 


  a name
• simile 


  comparing two qualities using 'like' or 'as'
• superlative adjective 


  the most extreme form of an adjective (fastest, biggest, greatest)
• metaphor 


  a word or phrase used to describe somebody or something else, in a way that it is different from it's normal use
• pronoun 


  replaces a name (he, she, it)
• abstract noun 


  idea, feeling or quality
• personification 


  using qualities associated with humans to bring inanimate objects to life