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What is 6 x 27?
162
What is the poetic device whereby a word sounds like the noise it describes?
Onomatopoeia
Give an example of a rhetorical question.
Answers may vary.
Name three pieces of boundary punctuation (ie. punctuation you can put at the end of a sentence)
Full stop
Exclamation mark
Question mark
What part of speech is this? (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)
purple
Adjective
What does the word antagonist mean?
The character who is positioned to be against the protagonist in a text.
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
The snow is a white blanket across the landscape.
Metaphor
Name three words that could be categorised as inclusive language.
Answers will vary: us, we, all, our, etc.
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
i will never forgive you he hissed
"I will never forgive you," he hissed.
What part of speech is this? (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)
whimper
Verb
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
Simile
What is emotive language?
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
A car is no good without it’s wheel's.
A car is no good without its wheels.
What part of speech is this? (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)
happiness
Noun
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What two poetic devices are being used here:
I’m so tired that I could sleep soundly and solidly for a week.
Hyperbole and alliteration
Name three kinds of evidence.
Facts, statistics and expert opinion.
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
She said "I cant wait to go swimming".
She said, "I can't wait to go swimming."
What part of speech is this? (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)
slowly
Adverb
Where was chocolate milk invented?
Jamaica
What is the difference between alliteration and assonance?
One is about the repetition of the first sound in words, the other is about the repetition of vowel sounds.
Name three different kinds of persuasive appeals.
Answers will vary:
- appeal to family values
- appeal to environmental concerns
- appeal to hip-pocket nerve
- appeal to morality
- appeal to fear
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
its no good youve all failed english said mr hutchinson
"It's no good. You've all failed English," said Mr Hutchinson.
What part of speech is this? (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)
too
Adverb