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Revision for language features #mockexam
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Repetition of the initial sounds is
Simile
Persuasion
Alliteration
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[The police car] 'flashed a fierce white cone of light' (language feature?)
Metaphor
Assonance
Alliteration
Repetition
3
Which point of view is the following; "Harry looked into my eyes with an odd expression"?
Third person
Second person
First person
Fourth person
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How does the previous metaphor best position the audience to view society in 'The Pedestrian'
As hard working
As easily defeated
As small and insignificant
As Homogenous
5
The use of words to imitate sounds are?
Onomatopoeia
Character
Dialect
6
Why is the audience positioned to view society as homogenous through this metaphor?
Scarab-beetles lack identity
Scarab-beetles work together as a group
Scarab-beetles seen as a collective that lacks individuality
Scarab-beetles are small and insignificant
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'He got in. The door shut with a soft thud.' (language feature?)
Repetition
Metaphor
Syntax (sentence structure)
Simile
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How does the previous use of alliteration best position the audience to view the police car?
Creates idea that technology will destroy society
Creates idea that the car is dangerous
Paints the police car as warm and inviting
Emphasises the harsh and emotionless nature of the car
9
'To poke at the package of Jews' (language feature?)
Metaphor
Syntax
Parallelism
Alliteration
10
'It cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a christmas tree inside' (language convention?)
Metaphor
Personification
Smilie
Alliteration
11
Which of the following are usually used to create descriptive writing?
metaphors, direct address and flattery
metaphors, similes and personification
Hyperbole, rhetorical questions and similes
12
What does the previous simile best represent Leonard as?
As a traveler
As someone who is lonely
As someone alienated from society
As a predator
13
'People sat like the dead' (language feature?)
Alliteration
Similie
Syntax
Metaphor
14
Which is an example of an oxymoron?
A screaming wind
A creepy atmosphere
A dull roar
15
Which of the following is best to describe a spooky forest?
The trees moved like ghostly figures
The trees chantered like children in the wind
The trees swayed happily in the darkness
16
What sentence structure has two independent clauses?
Compound
Complex
Simple
17
'The police car sat in the centre of the street' (language feature?)
Repetition
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
18
Which one IS an example of a simile?
The sun was shining bright today.
My love is like a red, red rose.
The cat was the same colour as the mat.
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'His shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mid-country' (Language convention?)
Tone
Simile
Metaphor
Assonance
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'It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic' (language feature?)
Parallelism
Repetition
Assonance
Metaphor
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Does language features include sentence structure?
No
Yes
22
Which of the following uses hyperbole?
My burger was bigger than hers
The holiday was out of this world
The sun was warmer in June
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'Insect rustling and ceaseless jockeying for position as the scarab-beetles skimmed homeward'
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Simile
Repetition
