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Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparasion where one thing is compared to another

Eg. The lions roar was as loud as a jet engine

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A comparasion where one thing is said actually to be another

Eg. The exploding sun rise

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

When you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn’t human or isn’t alive

Eg. The rolling hills

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

The repetition of the same sound at the begining of words to create effect

Eg. The green grass grew

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

A word that imitates a sound

Raored

Question 6

Pattern of three

Answer 6

Listing three things to create a specific effect

Eg. Catch, look, pass

Question 7

Language for emotive effect

Answer 7

Words and phrases deliberatly used to provoke a specific amotional reaction

Eg. The helpless rhinos where poached

Question 8

Rhetorical question

Answer 8

A question that is aksed for effect rather than for an answer

Eg. How old are you? (In anger)

Question 9

Adjective

Answer 9

A word to describe a place, person or thing

Eg. The fast rabbit

Question 10

Verb

Answer 10

A doing or being verb that has a tense

Eg. Last night, I jogged for an hour

Question 11

Phrase

Answer 11

A group of words that can be understood as a unit

Eg. Across the road

Question 12

Clause

Answer 12

A type of phrase that includes a subject and an active verb

Eg. Because he was young

Question 13

Simple sentence

Answer 13

The most basic form of a sentence

Eg. He ran

Question 14

Compound sentence

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A sentence that contains two independent clasues joined by a coordinating conjuction, such as “for”

Eg. My mum was shopping but I was playing

Question 15

Complex sentence

Answer 15

A sentence that has a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses

Eg. The dunk man who had drank a few pints crossed the road

Question 16

Punctuation

Answer 16

Marks used to aid the understanding of a piece of writing. Writers can use punctuation imaginatively to create an effect.

Eg. She was nice, pretty and kind

Question 17

Dialogue

Answer 17

A conversation between two or more characters

Question 18

Flashback

Answer 18

A section in the text that is set before the main events of the story

Question 19

Future tense

Answer 19

A verb that describes something that is going to happen in the future

Question 20

Narrator

Answer 20

The person who tells the story

Question 21

Past tense

Answer 21

A verb that describes something that happened in the past

Question 22

Point of view

Answer 22

The way a character regards events or people

Question 23

Present tense

Answer 23

A verb that is describing that is happening now

Question 24

Sequence

Answer 24

The order in which things happen

Question 25

Setting

Answer 25

Where the events take place

Question 26

Stucture

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The organization of the text

Question 27

Narrative

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A written story or account

Question 28

Narrative voice

Answer 28

The person telling the story from their point of view

Question 29

Perspective

Answer 29

A particular view of something

Question 30

Structural feature

Answer 30

A feature that helps structure the text

Question 31

Empathize

Answer 31

To understand and share someone else’s feelings

Question 32

Plot

Answer 32

The events in a story

Question 33

Atmosphere

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Mood

Question 34

Bathos

Answer 34

An absupt transition in stule from the exalted to commonplace, producing a humorous effect

Question 35

Synthesize

Answer 35

Produce something that has been blended together from different sources

Question 36

Summarize

Answer 36

To give the main points of something, briefly

Question 37

Interpret

Answer 37

Explain the meaning of something in your own words, showing your understanding

Question 38

Non-fiction

Answer 38

Writing that is factual rather than fictional or made up

Question 39

Implied

Answer 39

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