Language Features 1
A comparison that often uses like or as
What is a simile
A direct comparison that does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
Eg: twinkle, crash, boom
What are examples of onomatopoeia?
Giving non-human things human characteristics.
What is personification?
I'm so hungry I could eat the table!
What is an example of hyperbole?
'Tommy's train tumbled off the tracks.' What is this?
Alliteration
A wonderful bird is the pelican
It's beak can fit more than it's belly can!
What is an example of rhyme?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words.
What is alliteration?
How many adjectives are in the following sentence: 'The big, bright, bold and beautiful sky.'
Four
The car slithered on the wet road.
What is an example of a metaphor.
A question that doesn't need to be answered.
What is a rhetorical question?
A piece of writing that is told directly from the author's perspective (often using pronouns like "I" or "we")
What is first person perspective?
A piece of writing told from the reader's perspective (often using the pronoun "you")
What is second person perspective?
A piece of writing from a character's perspective (often told with pronouns like "he", "she" or "they")
What is third person perspective?
When several examples of something are mentioned, often in a list.
What is listing?
Unscramble the language feature: Ollaiteratin
Alliteration
A humorous play on words, eg: "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!".
What is a pun?
The language feature personification can be described as...
Giving human features to objects, animals and ideas.
'She is the sun' is an example of which language feature?
Metaphor
Name this language feature: "Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can."
Repetition
Bang! Crash! Whoosh! Are examples of what language feature?
Onomatopoeia.
The lion's head in the sky shone down brightly. What is this an example of?
Metaphor
What is the adjective in this sentence: "The fluffy kitten ran towards the food bowl."
Fluffy
Which language feature paints a picture with words?
Imagery
The sentence "I could eat a million of these tacos!" is an example of which language feature?
Hyperbole