Key Language Features review

Which language feature helps readers picture a particular object, person, or place by comparing something unfamiliar to something familiar? It can also be used for exaggeration.

• a) Simile

• b) Metaphor

• c) Imagery

• d) Hyperbole

Which language feature creates a memorable sound in the reader’s head, making words more noticeable and helping to emphasize a particular point or idea?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Which language feature transforms one thing into another, helping readers understand a particular object, person, or place by linking it to something more familiar? It can also be used for exaggeration.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which language feature helps to stick an idea in the reader’s head or emphasize a particular idea or feeling?

• Rhetorical question

• Repetition

• Tone

• Alliteration

Which language feature is used to describe the way a piece of writing sounds and can affect how seriously a text is taken?

• Tone

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Repetition

Which language feature is an exaggerated statement that should not be taken literally, but is used to emphasize an idea?

• Repetition

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• • Metaphor

Which language feature creates a strong sense of imagery by describing sounds to help the reader visualize a scene?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Adjectives

Which language feature asks a question not to get an answer but to make the reader think or to create a dramatic effect?

• Rhetorical question

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Simile

Which language feature is an umbrella term for techniques such as similes, metaphors, personification, and adjectives, helping to create mental pictures in the reader’s mind?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Adjectives

Which word types can be used carefully to evoke or give off certain emotions or feelings in a text?

• Nouns and verbs

• Adjectives and adverbs

• Imagery and repetition

• Similes and metaphors