Language Techniques/Word classes

"A comparison between two things" is the definition for what language technique?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

A figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way is the definition for which language technique?

• Adverbial

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Simile

The attribution of a human characteristic to a non-human object is the definition of which language technique?

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

"Bent double, like old beggars" is an example of which language technique?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Simile

The same letter or sound at the start of adjacent or closely connected words, is the definition of which language technique?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Adverb

• Personification

"A word used to describe an action, state or occurrence" is the definition of which word class?

• Adjective

• Common noun

• Pronoun

• Verb

"A word used to describe nouns" is the definition of which word class?

• Adverb

• Possessive pronoun

• Adjective

• Preposition

What type of language technique is "Furthermore,"

• Simile

• Adjective

• Discourse marker

• Pronoun

Which of the below are types of sentence clause structures?

• Compound

• Complete

• Diminished

• Complex

What is a hyperbole?

• Words beginning with the same letter

• Extreme Exaggeration

• A question that does need to be answered

• A phrase that has a different meaning that the individual words