Year 9 Devices & Parts of Speech

Question 1

When you compare two different things using the words 'like' or 'as' it's called ...

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 2

When words are used to imitate sounds, it's called ....

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 3

I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem ... Is an example of?

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 4

The repetition of words with similar sounds is called ...

Accepted Answer

Rhyme

Question 5

A word that has a similar meaning to another word is called ....

Accepted Answer

Synonym

Question 6

Using descriptive or figurative language to build pictures in the reader's mind is called ....

Accepted Answer

Imagery, Poetic techniques

Question 7

And like a thunderbolt he falls ... Is an example of?

Accepted Answer

Simile, Imagery

Question 8

Which of the following words is an adverb?

Accepted Answer

Quickly, Slowly

Question 9

Shakespeare was famous for writing what type of poem?

Accepted Answer

Sonnets

Question 10

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls is an example of ....

Accepted Answer

Metaphor, Personification

Question 11

What is assonance?

Accepted Answer

The repetition of the same vowel sounds

Question 12

Is a simile a type of metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 13

AABBAAB is an example of ....

Accepted Answer

Rhyme scheme

Question 14

What is an alliteration?

Accepted Answer

When a group of words start with the same letter

Question 15

Which of the following words are adjectives?

Accepted Answer

Red, Pretty

Question 16

How many syllables per line does a haiku have?

Accepted Answer

5, 7, 5

Question 17

He clasps the crag with crooked hands ... Is an example of?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 18

A verb is a ...

Accepted Answer

Doing word, Action word

Question 19

He, She, They ... Are examples of ....

Accepted Answer

Pronouns

Question 20

Where do limericks originate from?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Questions 20