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IGCSE English
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1
Which of these famous people's names is an example of alliteration?
Leo Messi
Michael Jackson
Harrison Ford
Ronald Reagan
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The smell of sizzling sausages woke me early.
personification
metaphor
sibilance/ alliteration
hyperbole
3
This is an example of? I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
synedoche
repetition
confusion
parellism
4
The category system that is used for books films etc.
genre
score
library
kind
5
Words are the weapons with which we wound. What is this an example of?
oxymoron
metaphor
simile
personification
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The rain tapped gently on the window pane.
personification
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
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" Don't speak to her, go to the bunkhouse!"
imperative
interrogative
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When we try to make something bad sound less important it is an....
hyperbole
alliteration
stanza
understatement
9
which of these is an ironic simile?
As pretty as a witch
vertically challenged
As noisy as a herd of elephants
As quiet as a mouse
10
When the police arrive you need to act naturally. This is an example of....?
personification
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
11
Aslan feeds lots of people is an .......... to Jesus
oxymoron
allusion
metaphor
euphamism
12
A literary device that allows the reader to know what happened before the current action.
foreshadowing
parody
refrain
flashback
13
The rustling leaves lulled me off to sleep. What is this an example of?
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
14
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse" is a ...............?
euphamism
over statement
metaphor
hyperbole
15
When we say the cat was put to sleep this is a
cliché
oxymoron
euphanism
allusion
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The person who tells you the story in a book.
viewpoint
narrator
author
reader
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Another way to talk of the storyline.
scene
cast
plot
prose
18
"In truth, it was an open secret" is an example of ...?
lie
oxymoron
metaphor
simile
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With the shock her face turned as white as a ghost. This is an example of ...?
onomatopoeia
simile
oxymoron
metaphor