WorksheetsLanguage Conventions Yr 10
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which two words are PROPER NOUNS?
Sunshine High School
school
teacher
Mr Toad
Which word is spelled correctly?
It means absolutely.
definately
defiantly
definitely
defnitly
The student showed great courage during his speech.
Imagery refers to
Pictures in a text
When the character is using their imagination in a text
When writers create a visual image from a text using sensory language
When characters lie in a story
True or false:
Poetic language and figurative language are the same thing
True
False
Which is an example of hyperbole?
Seven sausages sizzling in a saucepan
I have a tonne of homework!
Boom!
I can read you like a magazine
"He drowned in a sea of grief" would be an example of:
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
True or false:
Descriptive language is part of language conventions
True
False
What is the following phrase an example of:
"For the world’s events have rumbled on since those days like traffic. "
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism
What is the following phrase an example of:
"The clouds sailed across the sky."
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Descriptive language would include the use of:
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Sensory Imagery
Sensory imagery includes using language which ignites the senses. These senses are:
Olfactory (smell)
Visual (sight)
Gustatory (taste)
Tactile (touch)
"Tactile" refers to which of the five senses?
Visual
Sound
Touch
Taste
The following phrase is an example of which language feature?
"Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet."
Simile
Metaphor
