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What is Syntax?
The study of how syllables make up words.
A tax payable for sentences that are incomprehensible.
Who knows??
The study of how we combine words into sentences.
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Example of Paradox
If it's flying it's on the ground
This sentence is false
If I stop talking, I'm saying
Birds can't fly
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What is 'emotive language'?
Repetition of an initial sound
Create an emotion in the reader
A command/instruction
An exaggeration
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What is Imagery?
To use certain language to represent objects or actions.
A type of image
Imagery is the image in your eye
Imagery is the action of repeating something that has already been said.
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What is an imperative sentence?
Makes a statement.
A statement that shows strong emotion or excitement.
Ask a question.
Gives a direction, command or polite request.
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Simile
Giving non- human objects human characteristics
Comparing two things using like or as
The opposite of what is meant
A deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point
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What is tricolon?
A series of three statements or words placed close together
boring
just words for no reason
a symbol
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What does a imperative sentence do
Gives a command or make a request
make a statement
express a feeling
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which example is for a em dash
Please call my lawyer—Richard Smith—on Tuesday.
But I thought we were meeting on Tuesday…?
My estate goes to my husband, son, daughter, and nephew.
So…what happened?
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Which of these sentences has the lowest modality?
You must quit smoking.
You need to quit smoking.
You might want to quit smoking.
You will quit smoking.
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What is a motif?
A recurring element
a shortening of the word locomotive
A reason for doing something
an idea mentioned
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Sibilance
Sounds that are consonant
A line of poetry with 10 syllables
A kind of alliteration creating a hard, sharp sound
Soft consonant sounds creating a hissing effect
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Which sentence uses personification?
The candle light made shadows on the wall.
Dark shadows were visible on the wall.
'The shadows from the candle light danced along the wall.'
The shadows on the wall flickered back and forth.
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Onomatopoeia is.....
A book
A word that imitates a sound
A cartoon
What characters think
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Plosives are...
/p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /g/
/m/ and /n/
/j/ and /w/
/f/, /v/, /s/ and /z/
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What is the tone of this message?
sombre
cold
fustrated
paranoid
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What is Direct Address?
Speaking to the audience
Talking to the wall
Talking to an invisible character
Where to send mail
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What is pathetic fallacy?
To make someone seem stupid
To call someone pathetic
To give human characteristics to an animal
To give human characteristics to nature
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What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABBA
ABCD
ABCA
ABAB
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What is Personification?
Comparing a word using "like" or "as"
Giving non human objects human characteristics
Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words
The repetition of the starting sound of a word
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What is the tone of the passage?
Loving
Angry
Enlightening
Happy
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What does parallelism means?
Give up
Repeated use of sentences, clauses, or phrases
He has...He has
Sound judgement
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What is Auditory Imagery?
Imagery you can 'see'
Imagery you can 'feel'
Imagery you can 'hear'
Imagery you can 'taste'
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What is irony?
A contradiction between what happens and what is expected.
Something that stands for or represents something else.
A clue or hint at something later in the story.
When you iron something.
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Which phrase has the highest modality?
It is very important...
It could be important...
It quite urgent...
It is absolutely vital...
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Choose the hyperbole:
Jumbo shrimp
Costs a zillion dollars
Cruel to be kind
Break wind
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symbolism
words that create a mental image
deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events
section of a poem, usually with rhyme and length
words that have the same sound at the end
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Choose the paradox:
The rules: There are no rules.
Fell off the back of the truck.
I have a ton of homework.
It's my least favorite color.
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Allusion can be defined as:
A humorous take on a text
Gossip
Allusion
Reference to a person, event, place or text within a text.
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Alliteration is
repeating the same sound at the start of words
Repeating the same vowel sound
repeating the same word over again
when you say something is like something else
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Foreshadowing
Comparing two things using like or as
An indirect reference
Words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally
An indication of a future event
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Zoomorphism is:
giving human qualities to animals or objects
giving animal qualities to humans or non-animal objects
visiting zoos a lot
giving human qualities to zoos
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Juxtaposition is...
Placement of two things closely together to compare/contrast
Inverted order of words in a sentence
Repetition of the same phrase
Similarity of structure in a pair/series of words/phrases
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What is assonance?
When the word makes the sound it is describing
When a non-human thing is given human qualities.
The repetition of a vowel sound in a line of text or poetry.
Describes something by saying that it is something else.
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Enjambment is.....
A type of door hinge.
Moving from one line to another in a poem w/o punctuation.
Extreme exaggeration
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
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Which IS a metaphor?
clouds as light as air
clouds like cotton
clouds are cotton beds
cloud cars
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Which is an example of inclusive language?
I, me, mine
We, us, our
