A Game of Polo Language Techniques

What language technique does the writer use when she calls the donkey races "Wacky Races'?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

What language technique is used here: "We'll open the car boot" and "Oh yes, that's no problem"?

• Direct speech

• Metaphor
• Repetition
• Alliteration

What language technique is used in: "We waited for eternity"?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

What structural technique does the writer employ when she questions whether the racers are coming? "Are they coming?"...I was beginning to lose faith in its happening"

• Rhetorical question
• Onomatopoeia
• Skepticism

• The delay adds to the tension and creates suspense.

"Several vehicles went past, and some donkey-carts carrying spectators". How does this sentence create tension for the reader?

• It creates tension by suggesting a buildup of activity and potential for chaos or conflict.
• It creates tension by indicating a lack of activity and boredom
• It creates tension by implying that the vehicles and donkey-carts are not carrying any spectators
• It creates tension by suggesting a peaceful and calm atmosphere

The (a)   of 'coming' in "Coming, coming" shows the lack of organisation and the chaotic nature of the race.

What language technique is used in "fifty vehicles roaring up in their wake"?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• onomatopoeia

• Personification

The writer uses (a)   imagery to evoke a sense of chaos and an oppressive atmosphere in "a cloud of fume and dust created by some fifty vehicles".

What language technique is used in "The two donkeys were almost dwarfed by their entourage"?

• Simile
• onomatopoeia

• Alliteration
• Metaphor

What does the image of the 'dwarfed' donkeys evoke? They are dwarfed by their entourage.

• A sense of being small or insignificant, highlighting the chaotic nature of the race.

• A sense of being tall and imposing, highlighting the chaotic nature of the race.

• An image of being average in size
• A feeling of being powerful and dominant