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Boy, The Bicycle and the Sweet-shop

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1
What genre is Boy?
Novel
Biography
Autobiography
Novella
2
What is a 'connotation'?
More than one word starting with the same letter
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person
The definition of a word
A contrast
3
What literary devices does Roald Dahl use to describe Mrs Pratchett?
Alliteration
Personification
Similes
Metaphors
4
Which answer contains a 'semantic field'?
cat, apple, mars, shoe
water,water,water,water
clock, sock, dock, mock
blood, death, fear, guilt, pain
5
How does Roald Dahl describe Mrs Pratchett?
Scraggy
Sticky
She was small and skinny
Stinky and smelly
6
What word type is 'brilliance'?
verb
noun
adjective
abstract noun
7
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
Listing adjectives
A serious claim
Something to do with the super bowl
8
Why do the boys hate Mrs Pratchett?
Because she never smiled, welcomed them, and she was dirty
Because she wouldn't give them free sweets
They have no reason they are just being cruel
Because they don't like her name
9
What did the boys find at the end of the last chapter?
A dead fly
A banana
An alive mouse
A dead mouse
10
What does personification mean?
Using adjectives to describe people
Giving human qualities to an object or non human
A person
Using as or like to compare