Language Features Pretest

'Miss Macafee makes marvellous macaroons' uses which language device?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Statistics

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

'Ms Catchpole has a heart of gold' uses which language device?

• Foreshadowing

• Motif

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

'Mr Crowther was so hungry he could eat a horse' uses which language device?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

'Mr Wray is as cool as a cucumber' uses which language device?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

True or False: Alliteration is when a phrase has multiple words that begin with the same letter or sound.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these words is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• Treehouse

• Sizzle

• Diamond

• Hello

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Personification is when a phrase uses words such as 'you, me, I, us'

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

True or False: Hyperbole is using statistics in text

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False! Hyperbole is when someone is exaggerating. For example 'I was stuck in traffic for years' is a hyperbole as it is exaggerating for dramatic effect and most likely untrue.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

True or False: Using the same word over and over is a language device

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True! This is called repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Draw something that would rhyme with the word 'Sat'

Tags

CCSS.RF.K.2A

CCSS.RL.2.4