Parts of speech/language features

What is a word that describes a noun called?

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Proper noun

What is a word that describes a verb called?

• Article

• Auxiliary verb

• Preposition

• Adverb

Which words in the following sentence are prepositions? - “I walked through the tunnel to the other side, my footsteps echoing around the space.”

• I, tunnel, footsteps

• walked, echoing, other

• through, to, around

• the, my, side

When are pronouns used? I.e. in place of …?

Which of the words in the following sentence are verbs? - “The dog ate hungrily, growling a warning at anyone who dared to look in his direction.”

• ate, growling, dared, look

• dog, anyone, direction

• the, a, his

• warning, at, who

What language technique compares two different things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’?

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

What language technique is used to deliberately exaggerate something?

What technique is used in the following sentence? - “Swept beneath the waves, her body was a limp rag in a washing machine.”

• metaphor

• personifcation

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

What technique is used in the following sentence? - “The wind howled, the sky glowered, and the rain pounded on the pavement.”

What language technique imitates the sound it is describing?

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme