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True or False:
This sentence includes an example of Anadiplosis,
"And that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not become earth."
FALSE
This sentence includes a metaphor, "Become earth"
List 5 language features
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What is this type of language feature:
"What do you call pasta with no money?"
Pennie-less
Pun
What are the properties of a simile?
Using comparison words for a comparison, e.g. "Like or as"
"The boy ran as fast as a bullet"
Simile
True or False: Juxtaposition and antithesis both involve contrast, but only antithesis uses parallel structure.
True
True or False: A rhetorical question expects an answer?
False?
This is an example of what language feature?
"Alfie animates abstract anime art"
Alliteration
True or false:
This is an example of symbolism, "Jake is a yellow type of person"
True - The colour yellow symbolizes he is a cautious person.
The repetition of conjunctions like “and” or “but” between phrases or clauses is called:
A) Asyndeton
B) Polysyndeton
C) Juxtaposition
D) Ellipsis
B - Polysyndeton
Alliteration only occurs when the first letters are the same
False (It’s about sounds, not just letters.)
When a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis or effect
repetition
What is this language feature uses contrasting ideas to highlight a difference, such as “Speech is silver, but silence is golden.”
antithesis
This feature places two opposite ideas close together for contrast.
What is juxtaposition?
When a word or phrase is repeated at the start of multiple lines or sentences.
Anaphora
What is alliteration?
The repetition of the same sound at the start of words is called this.
What is a hyperbole
A language feature with exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
A commonly used phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal one.
idiom
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
assonance
“Bang!”, “Crash!”, and “Whisper” are examples of this sound-based feature.
onomatopoeia
An Oxymoron is:
A- a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
B - the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
C - an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
A
What type of language feature is this:
"She has a 'Pandora's Box' of problems."
Allusion
What type of language feature is this:
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain"
Assonance
True or false:
Metaphors use the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison, and the purpose of creating a vivid image,
False
What type of language feature is this:
"Alfie is chaotic as a cat"
Simile