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Language Features!
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What language technique is "She cried, contemplating the curious case of her missing cat."
Repetition
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
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'I am so hungry I could eat a whale!' is a...?
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Emotive language
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Emotive language is...?
Using a word or phrase more than once
using "like" or "as" when making a comparison
Descriptive use of language which evokes an emotional response
Emotions
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Connotations can be positive or negative.
True
False
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What language technique is "You are my sunshine"?
Repetition
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
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Accuracy refers to...?
Grammar, punctuation and spelling
What's accuracy?
Sentences and spelling
Spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentences
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“We live for freedom. We love our freedom. Eventually, we are even willing to die for our freedom.” is an example of...?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Repetition
Simile
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Which group of words are personal pronouns?
it, and, then, but
don't, won't, can't
I, you, me, she
Here, there, anywhere
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'The glistening, bright, brilliant eyes.' is an example of the use of negative connotations.
True
False
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What needs to be the MAIN purpose of your formal writing piece?
To inform
To pass
To entertain
To persuade
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What is an example of hyperbole?
As sweet as sugar
I rise, I rise, I rise
BOOM! CRASH! BANG!
I will cry a thousand tears if I lost this Kahoot.
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What could be 'serious, playful, mocking, humorous, critical, apologetic, or hopeful' in your writing?
Tone
Pitch
Rhyme
Body language
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What is a hyperbole?
Comparing two things
Giving an object/thing human qualities
An exaggeration
Repeating words/sentences in a text
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'A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person' is an anecdote.
True
False
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Language techniques are always used for a purpose in writing.
False
True
