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Duplicate of Language Techniques
Duplicate of Language Techniques
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A test for Year 10's to get to know their literary devices and written techniques
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1
"Pop, pow, zoom" are examples of what?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Alliteration
2
"The wise fool is burning my toast" uses what kind of literary device?
Personification
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
3
"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
4
Which of the following are usually used to create descriptive writing?
Hyperbole, rhetorical questions, similes
Metaphors, direct address, flattery
Metaphors, similes or personification
5
"Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
6
Which of the following is the best simile to describe a spooky forest?
The trees chattered like children in the wind
The trees swayed happily in the darkness
The trees moved like ghostly figures
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The purpose of emotive language such as "heart breaking destruction" is often used to?
combine two or more contradictory terms
intended to create an emotional response.
attribute human feelings to an object.
be an obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
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"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
9
"The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of these literary techniques?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
10
"The sun scorched through the day" is a deliberate use of?
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
11
Language techniques are uses by writers to do what?
for emphasis.
to make the reader think in a certain way.
to intrigue, persuade or convey information to the reader.
All of the above
12
"If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is what type of literary device?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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Oxymoron
- a phrase combining two or more contradictory terms. An example of this is?
The circus was a magnet for the children
There was a deafening silence
The clouds crowded suspiciously as the sky darkened.
The trees stood as tall as towers.
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A "contraction" is what?
is a word that takes the place of a noun.
usually combines two words together with an apostrophe.
