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When you use descriptive language to give something human qualities. This is?
Symbolism
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
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Stylistic features include
All of the above
The use of particular genres or text types.
The ways words and sentences are arranged for effect.
Distinguishing features of an author (or time period)
3
Interpretive texts
Highly accurate and impersonal.
Are non-fiction texts about personalities, events or ideas.
Interpret foreign languages.
Explain scientific displays.
4
In the sentence below which word indicates the use of personification?
first rays
morning
tiptoed
meadow
5
'Voice' in a text refers to the
Dialogue the characters exchange.
Feel of the story; the author's tone and the characters POV
Onomatopoeia and other sound techniques.
Main character's perspective only.
6
A representation is...
When you have to present your work over again.
The way people, events, issues or subjects are presented.
The interpretation of a sarcastic comment.
A false or misleading statement.
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Figurative language is words or expressions
Which are rude and insulting.
Used to describe the figure in artworks.
With a meaning that is different from the literal one.
Used for imaginative writing.
8
A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
adverb
preposition
modal
adjective
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In the sentence below, which word/s demonstrate imagery?
<p>cold</p>
fresh
sweet
juicy
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Which of the following is NOT a pronoun?
group
his
it
she
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A writing style which uses images to express a particular idea or emotion within a text, is?
Personification
Symbolism
Imagery
Simile
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'The Crown stayed silent.' is an example of what technique?
personification
metonym
metaphor
imagery
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A word that modifies or describes a verb or an adjective
conjunction
adjective
adverb
preposition
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as blind as a bat, is an exmaple of a?
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Personification
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Their home was a prison, is an example of a?
Symbolism
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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Context refers to:
One characters feelings about the setting.
Familiar, comfortable surroundings.
Social, historical and cultural factors.
A text which aims to con you.
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There are three types of context:
Production (author's), reception (reader's) and situational (setting)
Anecdotal, statistical and emotional.
Vegemite, jam and peanut butter.
First person, second person and third person.
18
Hey! You should help me find my phone! - What part of speech is 'should'?
interjection
modal verb
exclamation
preposition
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The thing that is 'doing' or 'being' in a sentence.
subject
predicate
object
indirect object
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Sympathy is the expression of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Empathy is
A condition causing breathlessness.
Stress given to a word to indicate particular importance.
When you put yourself through someone else's pain.
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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Another way to describe perspective is
Any of the above.
A point of view expressed by an individual.
A viewpoint informed by one's context.
A position from which things can be viewed.
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Hey! You should help me find my phone! - What part of speech is 'hey'?
noun
preposition
verb
interjection
23
The glacier melted and broke apart. - What is the predicate of this sentence?
melted
broke apart
The glacier
melted and broke apart
24
The mean teacher quickly gave the students homework. - What part of speech is 'gave'?
preposition
verb
pronoun
adverb
25
Mode is
A fashion magazine originally from Paris
The type communication used: oral, visual or written
The structural features of a text.
The type of genre employed to write a text
26
Rhetorical devices are
Questions which don't require answers.
Persuasive speaking or writing techniques.
Repeated words and phrases which become boring.
Designed to help with the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
27
A multimodal text uses
A combination of written and audio visual elements.
Different generic conventions to present ideas.
Multiple points of view.
Flashbacks and timeshifts.
28
"I have a million things to do today" is an example of...
contradiction
synonymy
hyperbole
antonymy
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Tone can be described as
Educated and informative.
All of the above.
Friendly, informal and colloquial.
Self depreciating and sarcastic.
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To be marginalised means
To be constrained within a strict set of guidelines.
To be unaware of what is happening.
To be treated as insignificant or peripheral
To be addicted to ruling up a page.
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A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
verb
auxiliary verb
abstract noun
pronoun
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Syntax is
When you evade taxes.
The order of words in a sentence.
A character in a Jim Carey movie.
The language of computers.
33
Metalanguage refers to
Any language that is used to describe language.
Really big words.
Breaking rules or expectations.
Old fashioned or outdated language.
34
Which of the following is an auxiliary verb?
run
jump
have
still
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A hybrid genre is
Centered around jungle music.
The latest electric powered car.
An indoor plant.
A cross between one genre and another.
36
The dominant reading of a text is the one made by most of society but the resistant reading
Is the natural or normal way to interpret the text.
Challenges or questions the assumptions made in the text.
Holds power in the bedroom.
Creates alternative meanings to those promoted in the text.
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Sentence that states that something/someone IS something else (does NOT use 'like' or 'as') is?
Simile
Metaphor
Symbolism
Personification
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The table cried when someone scratched its surface, is an example of?
Personification
Simile
Symbolism
Metaphor
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The mean teacher quickly gave the students homework - What part of speech is 'teacher'?
noun
predicate
pronoun
preposition
40
Language patterns are
References to famous people or places.
Repeated or corresponding elements in a text.
Similes, metaphors and personification.
Visual images made from words.
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Which of the following is an adjective?
nosily
noise
noisy
noisily
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Descriptive language helps to ‘visualise’ and create a visual representation of ideas, is?
Imagery
Personification
Symbolism
Visualisation
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In English, conventions refer to
Rules which must be strictly followed.
Features of text types which have become accepted practice.
Poetry or prose.
Social etiquette.
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"Where are you going after school?" is an example of ________________.
a declarative sentence
an interrogative sentence
an exclamatory sentence
an imperative.
45
To write something objectively is to
Present the correct findings.
Use persuasive language to sway the reader
To become hostage to your emotions.
Consider all points of view without bias.
46
In the sentence below, which word indicates that this is a metaphor?
My
Is
Book
An
47
In the sentence below, which word/s demonstrate imagery?
shouting
children
screaming
fields
48
Comparison of two things which may be unlike/different to each other (uses 'like or 'as') is?
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
49
Identify the metalanguage term that best describes the word 'couldn't'
subject
conjunction
contraction
paraphrase
50
Omissions are
People you defriend on facebook
The production and discharge of gas.
Gaps and silences - who or what is not included in the text.
When you forget your mum's birthday.
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Therefore, when one is subjective
One chooses lots of interesting subjects.
One becomes invested in their own view point.
One can see clearly and fairly.
One considers all perspectives.
52
Which of the following words is a concrete noun?
faster
than
bullet
a
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Genres change over time because
People get sick of reading.
People prefer romance.
They mirror change in our social, historical, cultural world
Authors can't write like they used to.
54
Which one is an exclamative?
Close that door!
You can bet on it!
I take sugar in my tea.
How is the weather outside?
55
Identify the metalanguage term that best fits the following - Athelete
elision
assimilation
insertion
metathesis
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The mean teacher quickly gave the students homework. - What part of speech is 'mean'?
adverb
noun
verb
adjective
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In the sentence below, which word indicates that this is a simile?
Life
Chocolates
Like
Is
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An idiom is
A form of sarcasm.
A group of idiots.
A phrase understood by many different cultures.
Usually an non literal 'expression' used by a social group
