Level One Ncea Language Features
Learn the most commonly used verbal features then test your knowledge
- 1.What is a metaphor?
- A.
Provides factual evidence to support your argument
- B.
A parallel situation that helps people understand an idea
- C.
A comparison of two different things
- D.
Using two colours to catch attention
- 2.What is an extended metaphor?
- A.
Repeating the consonant anywhere in a number of words
- B.
Dramatic exaggeration
- C.
Saying one thing but meaning another
- D.
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
- 3.What is a simple sentence?
- A.
It contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought
- B.
An independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
- C.
It contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
- D.
It is a command
- 4.A metaphor is a visual technique
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.What is personification?
- A.
A comparison between two objects using “like” or “as”
- B.
Repeating key words.
- C.
Dramatic exaggeration
- D.
When a composer transforms a non human object into a human by giving the object human qualities
- 6.What is onomatopoeia?
- A.
When a composer transforms a non human object into a human by giving the object human qualities
- B.
Words which sound like their meanings.
- C.
Repeating key words.
- D.
A "play on words"
- 7.What is emotive language or vocabulary?
- A.
Words used deliberately to create an emotional impact or response
- B.
A stream of words, separated by commas
- C.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity.
- D.
Sets the tone for the reader's expectations and determines whether a work will be happy or sad.
- 8.The rude shop assistant refused to answer any of my questions. What function does the word shop perform in this sentence
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- C.
Pronoun
- D.
Adjective
- 9.What is an adjective?
- A.
A word that stands in place of a noun
- B.
A word that describes a noun
- C.
A word that describes a pronoun
- D.
An action
- 10.What does connotation mean?
- A.
The association or set of associations that a word usually brings to mind
- B.
A words explicit definition as listed in a dictionary
- C.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity.
- D.
Words which sound like their meanings.
- 11.When a comparison uses the word 'like' or 'as' it is a....?
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Pun
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Simile
- 12.I am running on empty. In this sentence what function does the word 'running' perform?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Verb
- 13.What is a verb?
- A.
An action or state of being
- B.
A name for something
- C.
A subject
- D.
An object
- 14.Using the same consonant letter at the beginning of a number of words placed close together is called what?
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Anecdote
- 15.Repeating the same vowel sound in a number of words placed closely together is called what?
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Anecdote
- 16.What does the term parallel structures or construction refer to?
- A.
Start and finish in a similar structure
- B.
A word or group of words is repeated throughout the writing to create impact.
- C.
Particular words that are used and understood only by people who are experts or specifically involved in different groups.
- D.
A recognisable word, phrase or a concept that has been used so often that it has lost its impact.
- 17.What is the term given to a word that stands in place of a name?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Pronoun
- 18.What is listing?
- A.
A word or group of words is repeated throughout the writing to create impact.
- B.
A stream of words, separated by commas. It is used to enhance the message and provide impact.
- C.
A recognisable word, phrase or a concept that has been used so often that it has lost its impact.
- D.
Particular words that are used and understood only by people who are experts or specifically involved in different groups.
- 19.What type of sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Complex-compound
- D.
Simple
- 20.Which word from the list below is not a subordinating conjunction?
- A.
Because
- B.
Nor
- C.
While
- D.
Once
- E.
Before
- 21.Which word from the list below is not a subordinating conjunction?
- A.
Until
- B.
Although
- C.
When
- D.
Unless
- E.
But
- 22.In a complex sentence, what sort of conjunction is used to join the dependent clause to the independent clause?
- A.
Co-ordinating conjunction
- B.
Subordinating conjunction
- 23.What kind of sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction?
- A.
Complex
- B.
Compound
- C.
Complex-compound
- D.
Simple
- 24.Which of the following is not a co-ordinating conjunction?
- A.
And
- B.
But
- C.
If
- D.
So
- 25.Which of the following is not a co-ordinating conjunction?
- A.
As
- B.
Yet
- C.
Or
- D.
Nor
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