Language Feature Quiz

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Challenge your knowledge of language features
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Frage 1

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Irony is a forceful use of the verb at the start of sentence or phrase
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 2

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What is a metaphor?
Antworten
  • Human characteristic given to a non-human object. Inanimate objects take on a life.
  • Comparison of 2 objects where one becomes another – adds further layers of meaning about object being compared.
  • Composition which ridicules in a scornful & humorous way.

Frage 3

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A parody is a conscious imitation for a satiric purpose.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 4

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What is repetition?
Antworten
  • How a composer conveys meaning through textual features.
  • Short, simple sentences or truncated sentences create tension, haste or urgency; compound or complex sentences are slower, often feature in formal texts.
  • Of words or syntax (order of words) for emphasis or persuasion.

Frage 5

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Emotive language is an over-used, common expression
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  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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What is theme?
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  • Message or moral of a story – makes us ponder bigger issues in life.
  • Present, past, future (events are predicted).
  • Emotive, forceful, factual, descriptive, blunt, graphic, disturbing, informative etc. E.g. use of forceful verbs ‘insist’ & ‘demand’ can be very persuasive.

Frage 7

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Juxtaposition is Layering images/scenes to have a dramatic impact.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 8

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Humor can be described as...
Antworten
  • What is not said; whose voice isn’t heard and whose voice dominates?
  • Incongruity, parody, satire, exaggeration, irony, puns etc. used to lighten the overall tone.
  • Slang, colloquial, informal or formal.

Frage 9

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A metaphor is a comparison of 2 objects where one becomes another. e.g. He drowned in a sea of grief.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 10

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Select the parodies.
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