Expressing the opposite of the situation with dry wit

What is a RHETORICAL QUESTION

A question asked with no answer expected

What is personification?

When a `chair wraps its arms around you.'

When one word is compared to being like another

What is meant by TONE

The overall emotional feel of a piece of writing

What is alliteration?

When the first letter is all the same

What is meant by `context' in critical reading?

What was/is going on in the world at the time?

What are statistics used for within formal writing?

They carry credibility and a layer of proof

When one thing IS another in language

What is meant by `hyperbole'?

I've told you the answer a billion times

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What is sarcasm?
A type of rare bird from Russia
Agreeing with someone's opinion
A political debate
Expressing the opposite of the situation with dry wit
2
What is a RHETORICAL QUESTION
A question you are asked when arrested by police
A question with no answer
A question asked with no answer expected
A question ONLY asked by a guy called Rhett
3
What is personification?
When a `chair wraps its arms around you.'
The name for one of the stages of cell division
You recognise a person on the street and start screaming
When you introduce yourself as an actual person.
4
What is an ANECDOTE?
A disease in the lower intestinal tract
A giant snake that originates from Brazil
A formal piece of writing with statistics
An observation or story
5
Where does the apostrophe go when it is singular?
Mary's shoes
Mary doesn't have any shoes (poor Mary)
Marys' shoes
Marys' shoes'
6
What is a simile?
A sort of smile
When one word is compared to being like another
A superhero before they are born
A rare cat with goldfish fins
7
What is meant by TONE
Another name for Tony but much less formal
The sound of music when flat or sharp
The brown, squishy part of an avocado
The overall emotional feel of a piece of writing
8
What is alliteration?
Another name for a little person
Too much litter in one suburb
When all the salt disappears from the ocean
When the first letter is all the same
9
What is meant by `context' in critical reading?
What was/is going on in the world at the time?
Who the writer was?
Where was the author, when they wrote it?
How many pizza were eaten while it was written?
10
What are statistics used for within formal writing?
They just look cool
Some people just like numbers
Who knows? They are so boring.
They carry credibility and a layer of proof
11
What is metaphor
A question asked by the writer
A large submarine
When one thing is LIKE another in language
When one thing IS another in language
12
What is meant by `hyperbole'?
It's a hyper-fast, motorised scooter
It's when someone makes up facts
It a new sport, like the super bowl, but not.
I've told you the answer a billion times
13
Where does the apostrophe go for plural possession?
Honestly boys, back off. You've had enough burgers......
The boys' burgers
The boy's burgers
The boys burgers'

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