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NZQA Language Features for Level 2
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Helpful terms and understanding for 2.3 Unfamiliar Written Text
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1
This is an example of enjambment...Night drips its silver tap/down the back/of my mind.
False
True
2
What is a pun?
Plays on Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Plays on fun times and memorable moments.
Plays on the sarcastic tone of the writer.
Plays with words, or sounds of words, that have multiple meanings.
3
This is an example of pathetic fallacy: "The flowers on the grave drooped in sadness."
False
True
4
Third person point of view: the narrator is someone (or some entity) who is
not
a character in the story being told.
False
True
5
Identify the oxymoron
The tick, tick of the clock got on my nerves.
You eat like a piglet and smell like one too.
You will need to make a readjustment of rations if we are to survive.
You are clearly confused by the question.
6
Ethos, pathos or logos? Drivers of vehicles texting, are 23 times more likely to have an accident.
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
7
Which is the correct definition of enjambment?
reading without using any punctuation for continuous flow.
the stop/start reading of a poem, based on line breaks
the jamming of as many words into a line of poetry.
the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
8
Hyperbole is
the clear meaning
when the writer says one thing, but means another
when the writer exaggerates
the repetition of vowel sounds
9
Ethos, pathos or logos? "Smell happy!"
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
10
Which sentence is best for showing connotation?
The man left this world well loved.
The dog whimpered in its kennel.
The girl was as skinny as a rake.
The clown laughed hysterically at the ringmaster.
11
This is NOT a pun: "You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish."
True
False
12
What is an oxymoron?
two or more elements of a sentence have the same structure
two contradictory terms or ideas are paired, to make a point
seems to contradict itself, but which contains an element of truth
words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe
13
Which one shows rhetorical question?
Can I finish your dessert?
Can you please go to the back of the line?
When the enemy struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do?
who wouldn't want to be a millionaire?
14
Which is the example of first person narration?
The coffee cup sat on the kitchen bench, awaiting Sue to pick it up.
As the coffee brewed in the kitchen, the TV blared from the lounge.
"You can see the kitchen, and the coffee beckoning, from the lounge."
"I was desperate for a hot cup of coffee."
15
Is this an example of enjambment? I wandered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high
True
False
16
Which one is a good example of caesura?
Life is much too important to be taken seriously.
Love is not love/that alters when its alteration finds /or bends.
Stop! Find him!
To be, or not to be - that is the question.
17
Parallel structure: which sentence does NOT show it
We came, we saw, we conquered.
Mary likes hiking, biking and swimming.
She likes cooking, jogging and to read.
Feed a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for life.
18
Hyperbole example is...
Less is more!
I can resist everything, except temptation.
This box weighs a tonne!
Friendly fire was to blame.
19
A rhetorical question is a figure of speech that makes a persuasive point
True
False
20
Caesura is a language term you would find in,
fiction
all of these
non fiction
poetry
21
This IS a pun: "I'm having a bad hair day!"
False
True
22
The correct definition of caesura is...
The dots within a story to show thinking.
A pause that occurs in a line of poetry.
When one line of poetry should continue to be read into the next line.
The full stop at the end of a sentence.
23
Identify the ONE that is NOT an oxymoron
The deafening silence of her small hometown.
It's an open secret that I'm writing a book.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination!
The jacket was genuine imitation leather.
24
What is an allusion?
An obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
A mention of something/someone known from mythology/literature/history.
A polite/indirect expression used to make better an unpleasant topic.
A statement that appears contradictory, but may contain some truth.
25
Second person narration; which one is correct?
They can smell fear in the room.
You can smell fear in the room.
I can smell fear in the room.
She could smell fear in the room.
26
Connotation: what is it?
the dictionary meaning of a word
a synonym or similar word meaning almost the same thing
the range of emotions and ideas suggested by a word. Words are loaded
a nicer way of saying something
27
Third person example - which one is correct?
I am my father’s son. And when they came for him, I did as he asked.
The whole family – the six grown-ups and Charlie Bucket, lived together.
You walk into the store and keep your hand on the door to exit quickly.
You don't know about me without you having read my book.
28
What is pathetic fallacy?
A language feature which overexaggerates
Like personification, when the environment reflects the mood of the writer.
Popular with Shakespeare, it pokes fun at the reader.
A false interpretation of the truth (lie).
29
Enjambment is a term belonging to which text type?
non fiction
fiction
opinion writing
poetry
30
This is an example of pathetic fallacy: "The wind played hide and seek."
True
False
