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Touching the Void Quiz 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'tension' mean in a story?

a)

stress or drama

b)

Donald Trump

c)

10 people

d)

Sergio Ramos

2.

An adjective is

a)

Donald Trump

b)

a word that describes a noun (a thing or a person)

c)

an announcement on the television

d)

Sergio Ramos

3.

An adverb is

a)

Donald Trump

b)

um...

c)

Sergio Ramos

d)

a word which tells us how, why, when or where an action takes place

4.

Sit in solemn silence is an example of

a)

15th to 16th Century Renaissance art

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

Sergio Ramos

5.

Words that sound like what they stand for, 'cuckoo', 'plop', 'bang' are called...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Sergio Ramos

d)

Onomatopoeia

6.

I could sleep for a year! and I'm dying of laughter! are examples of...

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Donald Trump

c)

I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?

d)

Sergio Ramos

7.

Writers use repetition, or repeating words because...

a)

it makes their point clear

b)

they can't think of a different word

c)

they have a stutter

d)

Sergio Ramos

8.

Words about emotions and feelings are called...

a)

sad words

b)

happy words

c)

Sergio Ramos

d)

emotive words

9.

A void is another word for

a)

a drug that makes your muscles big

b)

tension

c)

emptiness, nothing

d)

Sergio Ramos

10.

Torment means

a)

a bull

b)

mental suffering

c)

drama

d)

Sergio Ramos

11.

A headline is

a)

the bit on top of your neck

b)

a big photo on the front page of a newspaper

c)

a heading at the top of a newspaper or article

d)

Sergio Ramos

12.

A novel, play, or film genre with an exciting plot, often about crime is called a...

a)

auto-biography

b)

biography

c)

thriller

d)

Sergio Ramos

13.

A tabloid newspaper is a...

a)

middle class newspaper

b)

popular newspaper that has shocking stories

c)

paper for the mega rich

d)

Sergio Ramos

14.

Headlines or words in a newspaper article are called...

a)

a caption

b)

a tabloid

c)

informal language

d)

Sergio Ramos

15.

Informal language is the language of...

a)

converse trainers

b)

conversation

c)

hyperbole

d)

Sergio Ramos

16.

We use rhyming to make one word sound the same as...

a)

a tabloid

b)

a cuckoo

c)

another word

d)

Sergio Ramos

17.

What is the right sentence,

a)

I fell on the floor

b)

I fell into the floor

c)

I fell to the floor

d)

Sergio Ramos

18.

a difficult shot in basketball is spelt...

a)

tric shot

b)

tricks shot

c)

trick shot

d)

Sergio Ramos

19.

I like...

a)

playing the computer

b)

playing on the computer

c)

playing in the computer

d)

Sergio Ramos

20.

If you 'attempt' something, you...

a)

try to do it

b)

punch it in the face

c)

talk to it nicely

d)

Sergio Ramos