English Grade 10 Term 4

Question 1

Pun

Answer 1

Word / phrase that has more than 1 meaning

Question 2

Stereotype

Answer 2

An over generalised belief about a particular group of ppl

Question 3

Advertising techniques

Answer 3

A-Attention [something used to attract the readers attention ] picture colour bold words
I-interest [arouse interest by delivering messages that are relevant to the market ]
D-desire [something that will make you desire the product] celeb
A-action [something is done to urge you to act now ] time limit , sale price

Question 4

Green with envy meaning

Answer 4

A saying that expresses extreme jealousy

Question 5

Lack of dialogue in cartoons

Answer 5

Used to convey a message or a cartoon characters attitude/reaction to something or someone

Question 6

Abbreviation

Answer 6

Shortened form of a word

Abbreviation ends in same letter as word ——> no full stop

Question 7

Initialism

Answer 7

Saying the first letter of each word

HIV , USA , UK , EFT

Question 8

Acronym

Answer 8

Abbreviations made up of the first letter of each word in a phrase pronounced as a new word

NASA,SARS,AIDS,UNISA

Question 9

Malapropism

Answer 9

The use of an incorrect word in the place of a word with a similar sound resulting in a humorous utterance

Question 10

Function of hyphen

Answer 10

Makes compound words from simple words
Seperates 2 vowels to prevent awkwardness
Shows that a word is unfinished at the end of a line
Connects prefixes to nouns

Question 11

Function of apostrophe

Answer 11

-possession
-omission
-show that a word has been contracted

Question 12

Function of colon

Answer 12

Introduce a list

Question 13

Redundancy

Answer 13

When words are used to give info that is already contained in other words

Question 14

Split infinitive

Answer 14

When one or more words are inserted between the ‘to’ and the base form of an infinitive verb

‘To read’ ——> infinitive

‘To quickly read’ ——> split infinitive (adverb seperates the infinitive)