Authors Day

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Select the word that is an example of onomatopoeia

• Quietly

• Slowly

• Whizz

• Gentle

What is alliteration?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing something using like or as

• Words that spell a sound

• Words beginning with the same letter

Which of the following is alliteration?

• I am freezing to death

• She grew as tall as a house

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

• Boom,splash, crunch

Match the definition to the correct technique: A description of one thing as being similar to something else.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

Match the definition to the correct technique: A word which recreates the sound which it represents.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

Giving an object human characteristics is known as...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

Who wrote An Inspector Calls?

• William Shakespeare

• Willy Russell

• J.B Priestley

• Mark Haddon

What is a rhetorical question?

• A question and an answer

• A question that doesn’t require an answer

• A question to one person

• A question read aloud