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Year 9 Language Features
Which of these are antonyms?
Which of these is a metaphor?
Year 9 Language Features
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Which of these is a metaphor?
The pretty little flutter bug
Sally sat still and silent
The ocean of sorrow carried her away
The balloon exploded like a firework
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Which of these are antonyms?
Tall, short
Banana, fish
Fat, obese
Cheese and onion soup
3
Extended metaphor is when...
A metaphor is half completed
A sentence goes on and on about nothing
A metaphor is continued across many lines/sentences
An author gets lazy and can't come up with more techniques
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An extended simile is when...
a simile is continued across many lines/sentences
a really big smile is spelt incorrectly
a simile goes on and on and on
a metaphor takes over a simile
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What is rhyme?
When two or more letters in a row sound the same
When words have the same sound -in poetry usually at the end
When something doesn't make sense
When words sound similar but not the same
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Which of these is
NOT
an example of hyperbole?
Her brain is the size of a pea
I have a tonne of homework
That car costs a bazillion dollars
The sun is hot like a sauna
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A metaphor is defined as...
A direct comparison between two or more things (it IS)
A comparison between something real and something stupid
A comparison between irrelevant things
An indirect comparison between two or more things
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Which of these is extended metaphor?
The man is like a pig
The man is a pig
The man is a pig. He stuffs hoof-fulls of slop in his mouth
The man is tall
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What is repetition?
When entire words or phrases are repeated for an effect
When sounds are repeated
When the word 'repeat' is said over and over
When letters are repeated
10
Which of these are examples of synonyms?
Sweet, sour, sullen
Sweet, nice, pleasant
Pretty, ugly, unpleasant
Red, blue, green
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Which of these is a rhyme?
She sang like a silly sausage sizzling
How now brown cow
I believe my love as rare, as any belied with false compare
For lunch there were beans, for dinner there were sprouts.
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Which of these are ALL consonants?
Z F T P R
O P E M N
L M N I E
A E I O U
13
Which of these is an example of personification?
The door creaked
The dog leapt like a spring
The bird flew across the sky
The chair curtseyed and fell
14
Which of these are examples of onomatopoeia?
Squish, bang, squelch, sizzle
Banana, apple, peach, kiwifruit
Hello, goodbye, good day, goodnight
Soar, swim, dance
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Which of these is an extended simile?
The balloon popped like a firework
The balloon is a firework
Flecks fill the sky with colour
The ball is like a firework. Flecks fill the sky with colour
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Which of these is a simile?
The man was a pig
and, but, so, because
The table flopped like a wounded pigeon
It was as if I'd dreamed it
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Which of these is an example of hyperbole?
I have a million things to do
She is as short as a pixie
The man is a mountain
He is very tall
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A simile is defined as a...
when an inanimate object is given human qualities
when two or more words start with the same sound
An indirect comparison between two things using like or as
a direct comparison between two things
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What is listing?
When you put a series of people creatures or things in a row
When you compile a selection of things to buy while shopping
When you randomly order things for no reason
When you are too lazy to use commas or conjunctions
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Which of these is
NOT
personification?
The book flapped
The bird spoke to its young
The chair danced on its legs
The table screamed
21
Which of these is alliteration?
Sally ate like a beast
How much wood would a woodchuck, chuck if a woodchuck...
Who ate the cookie from the cookie jar?
Pretty little flutterbugs
22
Which of these is an example of repetition?
Answers 2 and 3 are correct (yes and dream)
He said "bang bang bang"
I have a dream that one day... I have a dream of recreating
'Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes, we did'
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What is hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration (impossible)
When something is silly
When you go bowling and you feel hyperactive
Comparing one thing to another thing
24
What is alliteration?
Repeated phrases in sentences
The repetition of vowel sounds
The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of words
The repetition of sounds close by at the beginning of words
25
Which of these is sibilance?
All of these are examples of sibilance - fricative sounds
Fire flickered and flew, frolicking freely and fiercely
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
Kathy cut the carrot carelessly and chopped her fingers
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What is personification?
When a human is given inanimate characteristics
When an inanimate object is given human characteristics
When anything is given any kind of characteristics
When an animal is given human characteristics
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Which of these are ALL vowels?
O E I U A
L M N P U
A B C D Y
D F G H O
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What is onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like other words
Two words that sound the same
A word that is expresses the sound it describes
Two words that are spelt the same but do not sound the same
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What is sibilance? (
best
answer only)
When fricative sounds are used close together in a sentence
Similar to alliteration
Lots of "S" sounds in a row
When the middle of words in a row sound the same
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Which of these is an example of listing?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
Sam and his dog
The dog and Sam
Sam
