Identifying Language Techniques

AHere, a picture of a tree and an atomic bomb mushroom cloud were merged. Death and life are in the same picture.

This is an example of:

• Irony

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

What language technique is being used?

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

• Anaphora

Identify the language technique being used in the poem as it compares life to a board game.

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

What effect does the structure of the poem have?

• It adds to the comparison of life to a board game, continuous until it ends.

• It adds to the theme that life is a series of ups and downs.

• It has no effect

The previous evening was a flop. I should go to a party with my companions, but they floundered on me. They all are floppers.

• Formal

• Informal

She was running. She fell. She was gasping. She felt pain. It became dark and silent.

______ _______ is a structural technique used to communicate clearly and make make important points.

"Frightened, afraid, and fearing the worst."

What effect does the use of alliteration have?

• It gives rhythm.

• It adds to the tone.

• It has no effect