Langauge Features in Newspaper Articles

Match the following

• Words and phrases that are relaxed

• Informal language

• To express surprise or excitement.

• Exclamation mark

• Two or more words that have the same so

• Exaggeration

• To present something as worse or better

• Rhyme

Three dots that show that a statement is unfinished.

• Ellipses -

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• Alliteration

- A question that does not expect an answer.

• Ellipses -

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• Alliteration

- A joke using a single word that has more than one meaning.

• Ellipses -

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• Alliteration

- Using the same first letter for several words.

• Ellipses -

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• Alliteration

Which tehnique used in this headline "Wow! That was amazing!"

• Exclamation mark

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• Alliteration

Which technique used in this headline "Hey, what's up? Let's just chill and hang out."?

• Exclamation mark

• Rhetorical Question

• Pun

• informal language

Which technique used in this headline "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are."?

• Exclamation mark

• Rhetorical Question

• Rhyme

• informal language

Which technique used in this headline "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"?

• Exclamation mark

• Exaggeration

• Rhyme

• informal language

Which technique is used in this headline "I was going to tell you something, but... never mind."?

• Ellipsis

• Exaggeration

• Rhyme

• informal language