Language Features
What language feature appeals to the five senses to help the reader imagine a scene?
Imagery
What is the main message or lesson in a text called?
Theme
What persuasive device asks a question that doesn’t need an answer?
Rhetorical question
What punctuation mark is used at the end of a question?
Question mark
What movie features the quote: “I volunteer as tribute!”
The Hunger Games
What language feature repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words?
Alliteration
What literary device hints at events that will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What persuasive device uses educated opinions or famous people to build credibility?
Expert opinion
They are late to class.
Which word is correct:
A) Their
B) There
C) They’re
They're
Which artist released the song “Cruel Summer”?
Taylor Swift
What language feature uses “like” or “as” to compare two things?
Simile
What is the turning point or most intense moment in a story called?
Climax
What persuasive technique uses facts and numbers to convince the audience?
Statistics
When punctuating dialogue, where does the punctuation usually go?
A. Outside the speech marks
B. Before the closing speech marks
C. At the start of the sentence
D. It doesn’t matter
B. Before the closing speech marks
What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl?
Hedwig - from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
My alarm clock screamed at me to wake up. What langauge feature is being used?
Personification
What do we call a narrator who cannot fully be trusted?
Unreliable narrator
What persuasive device uses words like “we,” “our,” and “us”?
Inclusive language
What grammatical error occurs when two complete sentences are joined together using only a comma?
A comma splice
What Netflix series includes the “Upside Down”?
Stranger Things
It felt like I waited a thousand years for the teacher to stop talking. What language feature is being used here?
Hyperbole
What literary device is being used when an object, colour, or image represents a deeper meaning or idea?
Symbolism
Don’t let innocent animals suffer — adopt from your local shelter today. Which persuasive appeal is being used?
Emotional Appeal
What punctuation mark is used to create emphasis, interruptions, or dramatic pauses in a sentence?
An em dash (—)
In Frozen, what is the name of the famous song Anna sings while trying to convince Elsa to come out of her room?
“Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”