What is wrong with this statement?

It needs an apostrophe and a comma

Which sentence uses the correct spelling?

The sack of potatoes is over there.

Hints designed to mislead the audience

the opposite of what we expect to occur

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Literary Devices

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Literary devices are techniques that we find in texts (prose and film) and that we hope to use in our own writing too.

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1
Which literary device is in this clip?
personification
Simile
metaphor
Cliché
2
Which of the following is a theme NOT a topic?
Bullying
Intimidation
I am hungry
Bullies never win
3
An allegory is:
a spelling error
an allergic reaction
a story with a message
exaggeration for dramatic effect
4
The best synonym for 'loved' is:
prefer
worshipped
unloved
Hate
5
What is wrong with this statement?
It needs a comma
It needs an apostrophe and a comma
It needs an apostrophe or a comma
It is offensive to Grandma
6
Is Gary or his friend correct?
His friend
Both could be correct
Garry
Neither
7
Which is the best statement?
batman had finished his homework.
Batman finished his homework.
Bat man finished his homework.
Batman had finished his homework.
8
Which literary device is to be found in this song?
End-rhyme and metaphor
metaphor
End-rhyme and simile
rhythm
9
The following image is an example of a:
personification
pun
palindrome
sarcasm
10
What poetic technique is found in this song?
assonance
rap
allegory
alliteration
11
What literary device is this an example of?
simile
Assonance
hyperbole
allegory
12
'I stumbled on the carpet, fell and broke a tooth' is an example of:
3rd person narration
a clumsy goose
2nd person narration
1st person narration
13
Which of the following is NOT a Simile?
dawn walked over the horizon
like a cat on a hot tin rook
her nerves were like steel
as cool as a cucumber
14
Which poetic device is used in this song?
Rhyme
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
End-rhyme
15
Which sentence uses the correct spelling?
I like school allot
I like school heaps good proper like
I like school alot
I like school a lot
16
Which technique is in the statement: “The buzzing of a million bees filled the air”
Simile
Cliché’
Onomatopoeia
Personification
17
Which sentence uses the correct spelling?
The potatoes is them.
The sack of potatoes is over there.
The sack of potatoes is over they're.
The sack of potatoes over their.
18
A conjunction is a:
figurative language
joining word
Infection of the eye
noun
19
A red herring is:
hints to solve a mystery in a story
a red flag
Hints designed to mislead the audience
a type of bird
20
which sentence has the correct spelling?
It is your ball
It is you're ball.
It is you are ball
It is there ball
21
Which literary device is to be found in this song?
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
metaphor
22
The image is an example of:
alliteration
Hyperbole
Irony
Figurative language
23
What poetic device is used in this song?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Rhyme
24
Which of the following is NOT an example of a Euphemism is:
pushing up daisies
sleeping peacefully
dead
passed away
25
The image is an example of a:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
26
An antagonist is:
the main character in a text
the opposing 'main character'
a hero
annoying
27
What poetic technique is found in this song?
Personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
28
Which of the following is NOT example of a Palindrome
glenelg
mummy
bib
mum
29
What literacy device is in this clip?
assonance
onomatopoeia
Alliteration
rhyme
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Irony is:
when you iron your shirts
the opposite of what we expect to occur
a figure of speech to suggest 'likeness'
the literal meaning of a word

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