an inanimate object or concept is given human characteristics or feelings
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What is a simile?
a comparison between two different things using "like" or "as"
100
What is onomatopoeia?
a word whose sound seems to resemble closely the sound it denotes
100
What is alliteration?
the repetition of speech sounds at the beginning of a word
100
What is a metaphor?
an implied comparison between things essentially unlike
200
What is assonance?
the repetition of identical or similar vowels
200
What is a symbol?
a word or an image that signifies something other than what it represents, with multiple meanings and connotations
200
What is rhyme?
the repetition of sounds at the end of words
200
What is Climate Change?
any change in the climate
200
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather refers to the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time. Climate is the pattern of weather including averages and extremes based on observations over a 30 year period or longer
300
Explain the greenhouse effect.
It is a natural process by which the atmosphere traps heat energy
300
What is an example of alliteration?
I am your son, amá, seeking
the security of shadows
300
What is an example of personification?
Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch,
Bulbs broke out of boxes hunting for chinks in the dark
300
What is an example of assonance?
The Lotos blooms below the barren peak:
The Lotos blows by every winding creek:
All day the wind breathes low with mellower tone
Thro' every hollow cave and alley lone,
Round and round the spicy downs the yellow Lotus-dust is blown.
300
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees
400
What is an example of simile?
In the spring our palms peeled like snakes
400
Define renewable resource.
It is a natural resource that is regenerated within a short period of time.
400
What is an example of rhyme?
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
400
What is globalisation?
Globalisation is a process caused by advances in technology, which involves the web of interrelationships that have formed between countries, companies, people, resources, cultures, and money
400
What is a transnational corporation (TNC)?
a large company that has a head office in one country and subsidiary offices in other countries
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Provide two positive impacts of globalisation.
-increase in competition, forces companies to lower their prices. This benefits the end consumers
-increase in media coverage draws attention to the violation of human rights. This leads to the improvement in human rights
500
Provide two negative impacts of globalisation.
-outsourcing--> provides jobs in one country but take those jobs from another (many without opportunity)
-spread of disease
-loss of tradition and culture
500
Identify two human impacts of climate change.
-Rising sea levels pose a severe threat to coastal settlements
-Damaging effects to human health include malnutrition, spread of diseases and death or injury due to extreme weather events such as storms
-Water scarcity will increase due to reduced snow and ice cover
500
What are two environmental impacts of climate change?
-More heat waves and droughts, causing more bushfires
-More violent storms and wider variation in rainfall and snowfall
-Flooding of some river deltas, low-lying islands and coastal areas through sea level rise
-The possible extinction of many plants and animals as their habitats change
500
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
A metaphor compares two unlike things. A simile compares two things using the words "like" or "as"