Language Features Pretest

'Miss Macafee makes marvellous macaroons' uses which language device?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Statistics

'Ms Catchpole has a heart of gold' uses which language device?

• Foreshadowing

• Motif

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

'Mr Crowther was so hungry he could eat a horse' uses which language device?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Simile

'Mr Wray is as cool as a cucumber' uses which language device?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

True or False: Alliteration is when a phrase has multiple words that begin with the same letter or sound.

• True

• False

Which of these words is an example of an onomatopoeia?

• Treehouse

• Sizzle

• Diamond

• Hello

Personification is when a phrase uses words such as 'you, me, I, us'

• True

• False

True or False: Hyperbole is using statistics in text

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False! Hyperbole is when someone is exaggerating. For example 'I was stuck in traffic for years' is a hyperbole as it is exaggerating for dramatic effect and most likely untrue.

True or False: Using the same word over and over is a language device

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True! This is called repetition

Draw something that would rhyme with the word 'Sat'