Books
Tell me about a book you read that you really enjoyed. Why?
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True or False. All poems must rhyme.
False
What technique is being used here:
"As soft as feathers"
Simile
Correct the mistake. 'I going home at 3.45 today.'
I'm going home.
Name me a book (novel) you have read in either Year 8 or Year 9 last year. Tell me about it. What different themes did it include?
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What is the term for a group of lines in a poem? It is like paragraphs for poems.
stanza
What technique is being used:
"She sells seashells by the sea-shore"
Alliteration
What type of word is 'pleasant'? (E.g: verb, adjective or noun)
adjective
Finish the title of this George Orwell novel. 198 .....
4
Finish the name of this famous English poet. William ...
Shakespeare or Wordsworth
What technique is being used here:
"The planes moaned overhead"
Personification
also is placed wrongly and needs to be nearer the verb.
'Murder on the Orient Express' counts as what type of book genre?
Crime or detective novel. Can you name any other genres you know?
What type of poem is 14 lines long and is usually about something that somebody adores or loves a lot?
sonnet
What technique is being in a novel used when a writer hints about something that will happen in the future?
Foreshadowing
What type of word of 'fast'? (verb, noun or adjective).
He got up fast and nearly knocked over his drink.
True or False. A novel that is from the perspective of just one character is usually written in the First Person.
True
What type of poem is 17 syllables, has three lines, and is usually relating to nature.
A Haiku
When the reader/audience knows something the character/s in a text don't it's called...
Dramatic Irony
What is wrong with this sentence. 'I hanged up a picture in my bedroom.'
It's 'I hung'