Language features #2
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- Q1'This phone is affordable and more reliable than cheap imitations' makes use of which language feature?hyperboleconnotationscomparisonpersonification10s
- Q2What language feature is used for effect in 'My computer throws a fit whenever I try to copy and paste'metaphorpersonificationstrong verbspersonal pronouns10s
- Q3"What is the most important thing? It is people, it is people, it is people." uses what language feature for effect?personificationrepetitionhyperbolemetaphor10s
- Q4'The bruise on his backside was from a big, black bug-bite' makes use of which language feature?similepersonificationmetaphoralliteration10s
- Q5'My parents will kill me when they read my report' uses the language featurepersonificationhyperboleassonancemetaphor10s
- Q6'My hair is a bird's nest every morning' uses which language feature for effect?simileconnotationmetaphorpersonification10s
- Q7'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle' uses the language featurepersonificationoxymoronsimilerepetition30s
- Q8'Emma strolled to maths, sashayed to PE and skipped to lunch' shows effective use of which language feature?pronounsadjectivesverbsconnotations10s
- Q9'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way' makes use of which language feature?metaphorconnotationpersonal pronounscontrast10s
- Q10'Grab this opportunity today' uses the language featureimperativemetaphorpersuasionverbs10s