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NZQA Language Features for Level 2
NZQA Language Features for Level 2
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Helpful terms and understanding for 2.3 Unfamiliar Written Text
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Hyperbole example is...
I can resist everything, except temptation.
Friendly fire was to blame.
Less is more!
This box weighs a tonne!
2
This is an example of enjambment...Night drips its silver tap/down the back/of my mind.
False
True
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A rhetorical question is a figure of speech that makes a persuasive point
True
False
4
Identify the ONE that is NOT an oxymoron
The jacket was genuine imitation leather.
It's an open secret that I'm writing a book.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination!
The deafening silence of her small hometown.
5
Ethos, pathos or logos? "Smell happy!"
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
6
Identify the oxymoron
You eat like a piglet and smell like one too.
The tick, tick of the clock got on my nerves.
You will need to make a readjustment of rations if we are to survive.
You are clearly confused by the question.
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Hyperbole is
the repetition of vowel sounds
when the writer exaggerates
the clear meaning
when the writer says one thing, but means another
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Third person example - which one is correct?
The whole family – the six grown-ups and Charlie Bucket, lived together.
You don't know about me without you having read my book.
You walk into the store and keep your hand on the door to exit quickly.
I am my father’s son. And when they came for him, I did as he asked.
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Which is the correct definition of enjambment?
the stop/start reading of a poem, based on line breaks
the jamming of as many words into a line of poetry.
the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
reading without using any punctuation for continuous flow.
10
Second person narration; which one is correct?
You can smell fear in the room.
I can smell fear in the room.
They can smell fear in the room.
She could smell fear in the room.
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Is this an example of enjambment? I wandered lonely as a cloud/that floats on high
True
False
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The correct definition of caesura is...
The dots within a story to show thinking.
A pause that occurs in a line of poetry.
The full stop at the end of a sentence.
When one line of poetry should continue to be read into the next line.
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What is pathetic fallacy?
A false interpretation of the truth (lie).
Popular with Shakespeare, it pokes fun at the reader.
A language feature which overexaggerates
Like personification, when the environment reflects the mood of the writer.
14
Which is the example of first person narration?
"You can see the kitchen, and the coffee beckoning, from the lounge."
"I was desperate for a hot cup of coffee."
As the coffee brewed in the kitchen, the TV blared from the lounge.
The coffee cup sat on the kitchen bench, awaiting Sue to pick it up.
15
This is an example of pathetic fallacy: "The wind played hide and seek."
False
True
16
What is a pun?
Plays on the sarcastic tone of the writer.
Plays on Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Plays on fun times and memorable moments.
Plays with words, or sounds of words, that have multiple meanings.
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Which one is a good example of caesura?
Life is much too important to be taken seriously.
To be, or not to be - that is the question.
Love is not love/that alters when its alteration finds /or bends.
Stop! Find him!
18
Which sentence is best for showing connotation?
The clown laughed hysterically at the ringmaster.
The girl was as skinny as a rake.
The man left this world well loved.
The dog whimpered in its kennel.
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What is an oxymoron?
two contradictory terms or ideas are paired, to make a point
words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe
seems to contradict itself, but which contains an element of truth
two or more elements of a sentence have the same structure
20
Which one shows rhetorical question?
When the enemy struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do?
who wouldn't want to be a millionaire?
Can I finish your dessert?
Can you please go to the back of the line?
21
Connotation: what is it?
the range of emotions and ideas suggested by a word. Words are loaded
a synonym or similar word meaning almost the same thing
the dictionary meaning of a word
a nicer way of saying something
22
This is NOT a pun: "You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish."
False
True
23
What is an allusion?
A mention of something/someone known from mythology/literature/history.
A polite/indirect expression used to make better an unpleasant topic.
An obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
A statement that appears contradictory, but may contain some truth.
24
This IS a pun: "I'm having a bad hair day!"
True
False
25
Parallel structure: which sentence does NOT show it
We came, we saw, we conquered.
She likes cooking, jogging and to read.
Mary likes hiking, biking and swimming.
Feed a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for life.
26
This is an example of pathetic fallacy: "The flowers on the grave drooped in sadness."
False
True
27
Enjambment is a term belonging to which text type?
opinion writing
fiction
poetry
non fiction
28
Ethos, pathos or logos? Drivers of vehicles texting, are 23 times more likely to have an accident.
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
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Caesura is a language term you would find in,
all of these
poetry
non fiction
fiction
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Third person point of view: the narrator is someone (or some entity) who is
not
a character in the story being told.
False
True
