Language Technique Quiz

Question 1 of 10

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What is the purpose of using emotive language? For example "The bike was bright and rather bright looking"

Select one of the following:

To make the reader feel a certain way.
To elicit emotion and influence the reader.
To upset the reader to the point at which they go and neck themselves.

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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What is assonance?

Select one of the following:

Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound. It is different from rhyme as it does not need to be at the end of each line of poetry: The man with the tan was the meanest in the land.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Pingas
Assonance is language that is informal. This can include words as well as phrases. You might use colloquial language when messaging your friends but not in a formal situation such as writing a letter to a business: I'm gonna go down to the beach. You wanna come?

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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What is Jargon?

Select one of the following:

Jargon is particular words that are used and understood only by people who are experts or specifically involved in different groups.
Jargon is a recognizable word, phrase or a concept that has been used so often that it has lost its impact.
The repetition of constant sounds at the start of a word.

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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Which of the following are examples of Alliteration?

Select one or more of the following:

The parched pavement peeled in the hot summer sun.
How now brown cow.
Little Janey bounced around on the pogo stick - boing, boing, boing.
The bike was very tired and rather sad-looking.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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Which of the following are examples of Onomatopoeia.

Select one or more of the following:

The bike was very tired and sad-looking.
The engine of the bi-plane moaned as it executed a huge arc in the sky. The tires screeched as they hit the tarmac.
The sun sizzled softly in the afternoon.
The girl was skipping joyfully.
James whacked the cricket ball.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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Colloquial language is language is Language that is

Select one of the following:

Informal
Doesn't make any sense
On pingas
Appointive

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Question 7 of 10

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Neologism is

Select one or more of the following:

New words invented by social or cultural groups.
The level of emotive language that is aimed at changing your point of view on a subject.
A text that was written by someone on pingas.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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A cliche is a

Select one of the following:

A recognizable word.
A word that you do not understand fully but seems relatively familiar.
A genetically modified MDMA that increases your level of concentration which allows you to achieve band 6's in all your HSC subjects.

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Question 9 of 10

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A Rhetorical question is used mostly in

Select one of the following:

Essays and writing
Speeches and debates
Advertising and marketing

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Question 10 of 10

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Which of the following is the most commonly used Australian slang term in modern society?

Select one or more of the following:

Chuck another shrimp on the barbie.
Good old skippy.
Lets cook some pingazz boyz

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