Yr9 Exam - Language Features & Parts of Speech

Question 1

Define simile and explain its effect.

Answer 1

A comparison between two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. By comparing two unlike things a more vivid image is created.

Question 2

Define metaphor and explain its effect.

Answer 2

A comparison between two unlike things where one is said to be the other. By comparing two unlike things a more vivid image is created.

Question 3

Define personification and explain its effect.

Answer 3

A comparison where an animal or object is given human qualities. Helps paint a picture in our mind.

Question 4

Define alliteration and explain its effect.

Answer 4

The repetition of similar consonant sounds. Can create a mood or emphasis to the text and make them stand out. Poets use this to speed/slow a poem.

Question 5

Define assonance and explain its effect.

Answer 5

The repetition of similar vowel sounds. Can create a mood or emphasis to the text and make them stand out. Poets use this to speed/slow a poem.

Question 6

Define onomatopoeia and explain its effect.

Answer 6

Words that sound like the noise they describe. Adds realism and impact to the text.

Question 7

Define repetition and explain its effect.

Answer 7

The repetition of the same word or phrase. Emphasizes, reinforces or makes a certain idea stand out.

Question 8

Define listing.

Answer 8

Connected items or names written consecutively.

Question 9

Define rhetorical question and explain its effect

Answer 9

A question that requires no answer. Requires the reader to think about what is said.

Question 10

Define connotation.

Answer 10

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal meaning.

Question 11

Define tone.

Answer 11

A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

Question 12

Define common noun and give an example.

Answer 12

A person, place, animal or thing. Eg teacher, school

Question 13

Define proper noun and give an example.

Answer 13

Name of an actual person or place (capital letters). Eg January, Monday, Steven.

Question 14

Define concrete noun and give an example.

Answer 14

Concrete nouns are things that you can experience through your five senses. Eg student, fire fighter.

Question 15

Define abstract nouns and give an example.

Answer 15

Abstract nouns are things that you cannot experience through your five senses. Eg bravery, intelligence.

Question 16

Define collective nouns and give an example.

Answer 16

Are names for a collection or a number of people or things. Eg team, herd.

Question 17

Define verbs and give an example.

Answer 17

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. Eg running, sleeping.

Question 18

Define adjectives.

Answer 18

A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

Question 19

Define adverb and give an example.

Answer 19

A word that describes or gives more information about a verb. Eg he ran(verb) fast(adverb).

Question 20

Define pronoun and give an example.

Answer 20

Words used instead of a noun. Eg he, she, it, they

Question 21

Define preposition and give an example.

Answer 21

Shows where an object’s location, direction, time or purpose is in relationship to another object. Eg on, above.

Question 22

Define conjunction.

Answer 22

Connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence

Question 23

Define article and give an example.

Answer 23

Articles define a noun as specific or unspecific. Eg the, a.

Question 24

Define auxiliary verbs and give an example.

Answer 24

A verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. Eg be, do, have