Edexcel Non-Fiction Anthology Revision

In Explorers or Boys Messing About, "plucked" and plunged" are examples of...

• metaphor

• emotive language

• personification

• euphemism

In Explorers or Boys Messing About, what is the nickname Q a reference to?

• James Bond

• Harry Potter

• Game of Thrones

• Lord of the Rings

"We are the architects, we are the designers" is an example of what?

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical question

• Rule of three

• Anecdote

In Young and Dyslexic, which anecdote does he NOT mention

• Teacher calling African people "Savages"

• Teacher saying the Nazis were not that bad

• Teacher saying that people would do one third more bad if they slept less

• Teacher saying that more black people are criminals

In Between A Rock and a Hard Place, what is "grimace and growl" an example of?

• alliteration

• irony

• simile

• elipsis

Aron Ralston uses lots of relatable comparisons to describe the rock and climbing it. Which one does he NOT use...

• size of a bus tyre

• refridgerator-sized

• climbing up inside a chimney

• as big as a pick-up truck

In Beyond the Sky, which does Zeppa NOT use to describe the Bhutanese people?

• aristocratic faces

• gentle smiles

• almond-shaped eyes

• cascading waterfall hair

"I watch mountains rise to meet the moon" is an example of what?

• Alliteration and personification

• Simile and hyperbole

• Personification and simile

• Hyperbole and compound-adjective

In Chinese Cinderella, what does Adeline say is "like entering heaven?"

• Going to England

• Winning the writing competition

• Going to her father's study for the first time

• Winning at Monopoly

In Chinese Cinderella, what is the line "My whole being vibrated with all the joy in the world" an example of?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Parallelism

• Euphemism