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A #English quiz to remind students about #writer'stechniques for the #AQA English Language exam.
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'It is disgusting. You should be appalled. Tt is an outrage.' is an example of:
anecdote
metaphor
emotive language
personal pronouns
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'Are you serious?' 'Are you joking?' is an example of:
metaphor
rhetorical question
simile
foreboding
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'The sun waved its sparkling rays at me.' is an example of:
personification
simile
alliteration
metaphor
4
'It is outrageous, despicable and appalling.' is an example of:
anecdote
fact
triplet
metaphor
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Quickly, silently, hopefully and rapidly are examples of:
adverbs
adjectives
nouns
verbs
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To refer to something that acts as a warning for something that happens later is an example of:
simile
foreboding
foreshadowing
metaphor
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'Millions of people have been affected by this.' is an example of:
exaggeration
metaphor
foreboding
simile
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Referring to something that happened in the past is an example of:
metaphor
foreboding
flashback
anecdote
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'95% of students love English lessons at Millgate' is an example of:
hyperbole
simile
fact
statistics
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Kicking, laughing, jumping and skipping are examples of:
verbs
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
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I, me, we us, you - are examples of:
nouns
personal pronouns
verbs
adjectives
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'Did you know that there is evidence of...' is an example of:
fiction
statistic
fact
anecdote
13
'It is wrong. It is unfair. It is unkind. It is a disaster.' is an example of:
anecdote
repetition
metaphor
triplet
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'The bright golden sun sent sparkling rays down on the happy people' has examples of:
verbs
nouns
adjectives
adverbs
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'The dark shadows formed and moved ever closer' is an example of:
simile
sense of foreboding
alliteration
onomatopoeia
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'The sun was as bright as 1000 watt torch.' is an example of:
metaphor
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
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'The wind whistled and whooshed' is an example of:
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
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'I know someone who had the same experience...' is an example of:
anecdote
metaphor
opposites and contrasts
simile
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'The road was a gypsy ribbon, looping the purple moor' is an example of:
simile
peronification
imagery
anecdote
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'The sun sent shards of hope out into the new morning' is an example of:
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
allieration
