The quiz of Language Techniques

Question 1

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word/phrase is applied to object/action which is not literally applicable

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Sally sat still and slowly stood.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 3

The phrase: The miserable, homeless, skinny child is a

Accepted Answer

Emotive language

Question 4

What’s a oxymoron?

Accepted Answer

A phrase which contains contradictory terms

Question 5

How do engage a reader in a story?

Accepted Answer

Show don’t tell, Adjectives! !!, Language devices, Use all 5 senses

Question 6

Emotive language is when language is used to evoke feelings of pity or sorrow.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The rat was as ugly as a pile of manure is a simile

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What is the definition of personification?

Accepted Answer

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 9

Writing descriptively is using lots of adjectives

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The snake silently slithered slowly. It crept towards the largest rat ever which would soon become his dinner.

Accepted Answer

Superlative, Alliteration

Question 11

She stomped towards her mother, the clouds grumbling and yelling with thunder is personification

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

An imperative is a command or order

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Why do use language devices?

Accepted Answer

To create a vivid image for the reader, To make our writing more complex, To engage a reader

Question 14

The phrase: The biggest ice cream ever is a

Accepted Answer

Superlative

Question 15

An adjective of the highest quality or degree is a....

Accepted Answer

Superlative

Question 16

Crack is not an example of onomatopoeia

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Assonance is the repetition of the same sound/letter at the beginning of most/each of the words in a sentence

Accepted Answer

Nope that’s alliteration

Questions 17