Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.

What is an 'action verb'?

Expresses the action that the subject is, was or will do.

Gives extra information about verbs and adjectives.

Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.

What is a 'concrete noun'?

Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.

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1
"The sky was full of dancing stars." Is an example of which language technique?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Adjective
2
A simile...?
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Is a common phrase.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
3
Which words are verbs? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
young, quickly, child
Followed, sat.
child, parents, room
Down, followed, sat.
4
The dance was a difficult one.
Linking verb
Action verb
Helping verb
5
When we talk about the 'tenor', of someone's speech we are talking about the...?
Vocabulary
Number of words they use.
Voice
Tone
6
Which words are nouns? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
Down, parents, followed.
young, quickly, child
child, parents, room
the, child, sat.
7
"Her head was spinning from all the new information." Is an example of?
Descriptive language
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
8
What is an 'action verb'?
Are the same as linking verbs.
Join with other words to form a verb phrase.
Expresses the action that the subject is, was or will do.
9
What is an 'adverb'?
A word that stands in place of a noun.
Another type of doing word (type of verb).
Gives extra information about verbs and adjectives.
A naming word.
10
What is a noun?
People's names
Describing words
Doing words
Naming words
11
What is a verb?
Doing words
Naming words
People's actions, such as running and jumping.
Describing words
12
What is a pronoun?
A word that adds onto a noun.
A word that replaces a noun.
A word that describes a noun.
Another name for an adjective.
13
"I move fast like a cheetah." Is an example of a?
Simile
Metaphor
Adjective
Personification
14
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Is an example of what technique?
Cliche
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
15
A metaphor...?
Is a common phrase.
Makes a connection between two things by comparing them.
Is a question that doesn't need an answer.
Uses words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
16
Which are adverbs? The young child quickly followed his parents into the room and sat down.
Followed, sat.
child, parents, room
quickly, down
Down, followed, sat.
17
The armed robber was running away.
Helping verb
Linking verb
Action verb
18
What is an 'abstract noun'?
Names feelings or ideas.
Names a collection of things or a group.
Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.
19
What is an adjective?
Naming words
People's names
Doing words
Describing words
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What is a 'concrete noun'?
Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.
Names feelings or ideas.
Names a collection of things or a group.

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