Stylistic Techniques

Question 1 of 11

1

'Is it right that Premiership players earn such high salaries?'
The text above was the first sentence of a newspaper article. What language device does this sentence illustrate?

Select one of the following:

rhetorical question
direct address
irony
hyperbole

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

1

'I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.'
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain

Select one of the following:

hyperbole
metaphor
simile
irony

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

1

'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.'
Line three of this First World War poem by Wilfred Owen contains an example of -

Select one of the following:

alliteration
irony
list of three
hyperbole

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

1

'Great friends they turned out to be!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

metaphor
irony
exaggeration
alliteration

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

1

'It can take years to drive out of the city on a match day!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
personification

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

1

'As the storm intensified, the trees shrieked angrily and lashed the air.' This sentence illustrates how an author uses ....

Select one of the following:

irony
a list of three
personification
a simile

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

1

On the day of an interview for a job in a bank a teenager came downstairs in jeans and a t-shirt. His mother said, ' I see you've dressed up for the occasion!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

irony
metaphor
hyperbole
emotive language

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

1

'The waves washed wistfully over the shore.' Which of the following devices does this sentence illustrate?

Select one of the following:

a list of three
personification
rhetoric
alliteration

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

1

'The energy, the faith and the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it.' In this sentence there is an example of -

Select one of the following:

a list of three
assonance
irony

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

1

'Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun'
This opening to a poem by Seamus Heaney contains an example of -

Select one of the following:

irony
a simile
personification
an oxymoron

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

1

'And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can for you - ask what you can do for your country.' In this famous sentence from a speech by President Kennedy in 1961 there is an example of -

Select one of the following:

a parallelism
metaphor
oxymoron
onomatopoeia

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Stylistic Techniques

Question 1 of 11

'Is it right that Premiership players earn such high salaries?' The text above was the first sentence of a newspaper article. What language device does this sentence illustrate?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

'I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.' Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons.' Line three of this First World War poem by Wilfred Owen contains an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

'Great friends they turned out to be!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

'It can take years to drive out of the city on a match day!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

'As the storm intensified, the trees shrieked angrily and lashed the air.' This sentence illustrates how an author uses ....

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

On the day of an interview for a job in a bank a teenager came downstairs in jeans and a t-shirt. His mother said, ' I see you've dressed up for the occasion!' This is an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

'The waves washed wistfully over the shore.' Which of the following devices does this sentence illustrate?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

'The energy, the faith and the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it.' In this sentence there is an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

'Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun' This opening to a poem by Seamus Heaney contains an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

'And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can for you - ask what you can do for your country.' In this famous sentence from a speech by President Kennedy in 1961 there is an example of -

Select one of the following:

Explanation

'Is it right that Premiership players earn such high salaries?'
The text above was the first sentence of a newspaper article. What language device does this sentence illustrate?

'I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.'
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain

'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.'
Line three of this First World War poem by Wilfred Owen contains an example of -

'Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun'
This opening to a poem by Seamus Heaney contains an example of -