Language Devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Same starting letters next to each other - ‘Adam’s Amazing Apples’

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Exaggerating/emphasizing - ‘I had to wait 70 years!’

Question 3

Tricolon/ rule of three

Answer 3

Three ideas/phrases - ‘it felt empty, isolating, alone’

Question 4

Statistics

Answer 4

Numerical evidence - ‘60% of students…’

Question 5

Anecdote

Answer 5

Stories from the author - ‘I fell off a tree’

Question 6

Imperative

Answer 6

Commanding the reader - ‘you must try this’

Question 7

Direct address

Answer 7

Speaking to the reader - ‘you and many others…’

Question 8

Collective pronouns

Answer 8

Addressing a whole community - “we must take action”

Question 9

Rhetorical question

Answer 9

Asking a question as a point - ‘do you think this okay?’

Question 10

Emotive lang

Answer 10

Words creating an emotional response - ‘it is vile and sickening’

Question 11

Counter argument

Answer 11

An opposite view to yours - ‘although this seems bad…’

Question 12

Expert reference

Answer 12

Quoting a pro - ‘ Dr ______ says…’

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Comparison using as and like - ‘food hot as fire’

Question 14

Metaphor

Answer 14

Direct comparison - ‘snakes writhing in his stomach’

Question 15

Prolepsis (hint: similar to counter argument)

Answer 15

Imaging reader’s response - ‘you may be thinking…’

Question 16

Metanoia (hint: meta/breaking the narrative)

Answer 16

Correcting yourself - ‘it bad -no- it’s horrible’

Question 17

Hypophora (hint: pop quiz/answering questions)

Answer 17

Answering a question yourself - ‘do you hate it? I do’

Question 18

Repetition

Answer 18

Repetition of same phrase - ‘I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream’

Question 19

Extended metaphor

Answer 19

An explained direct comparison, ‘debt is crippling, your being constantly beat down before you can get up again.’

Question 20

Antithesis

Answer 20

Contrasting ideas - ‘he’s a dormant mouse, she’s a triumphant lion’

Question 21

Pun

Answer 21

Humour/word play - ‘EGG-cellent work!’

Question 22

Checklist for newspaper article

Answer 22

• an intro (add own view)
• 5 persuasive phrases (show own views)
• metaphor (extended)
• simile
• conclusion
• Rhetorical question

Question 23

structure of article

Answer 23

• Intro (who, what, when, where, why, how) + own perpective
• main body (statistics + expert reference) + persuasive view point
• conclusion (next steps in future) + strong ending