How much do I know aboutlanguage techniques?

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Personification

Metaphor

Alliteration

Persona

1‘The moon whispered to the clouds’is an example of

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Personification and rhyme

Personification and simile

Simile and assonance

Assonance and personification

2 ‘The storm screeched and moaned like an angry woman’ is an example of which two (2) language techniques?

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I said one thousand times not to do that.

The car grunted, roared and then died.

I am very, very, very angry.

Try to smile sweetly.

3Which sentence includes repetition?

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Onomatopoeia, rhyme, alliteration, personification, conjunctions , descriptive language

Onomatopoeia, rhyme, personification.

Rhyme, personification, repetition.

Alliteration, descriptive language, metaphor.

4 Which answer correctly identifies all the language techniques in the poem.

Rain, Hail, Snow

Rain drips drizzly, pitter-pat-putterAnd trickles busily down the gutter.

Hail hits harshly, clitter-clat-clutterBouncing madly in the gutter.

But snows drifts silently, soft and white,Changing everything overnight.

Jane Buxton

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‘Oh my gosh, Ms Bremer, those puppies are incredibly cute,’ yelled Ramay.

Ramay yelled out that the puppies are incredibly cute.

Candy told Ramay to stop yelling about the incredibly cute puppies.

Yes Ramay, said Ms Bremer, we know you think the puppies are incredibly cute.

5Which sentence uses direct speech?

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Other poets

Sydney

The reader

Australia

6 Who is the poet talking to in the poem?

Australia - by Ania Walwicz

You big ugly. You too empty. You desert with your nothing nothing nothing. You scorched suntanned. Old too quickly. Acres of suburbs watching the telly. You bore me. Freckle silly children. You nothing much.

With your big sea. Beach beach beach. I´ve seen enough already. You Dumb dirty city with bar stools. You´re ugly. You silly shoppingtown. You copy. You too far everywhere. You laugh at me. When I came this woman gave me a box of biscuits. You try to be friendly but you´re not very friendly.

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Personification and simile

Second person and personification.

Simile and repetition.

Repetition and alliteration .

7 What are the main techniques used in the poem ‘Australia’?

Australia - by Ania Walwicz

You big ugly. You too empty. You desert with your nothing nothing nothing.You scorched suntanned. Old too quickly. Acres of suburbs watching the telly. You bore me. Freckle silly children. You nothing much.

With your big sea. Beach beach beach. I´ve seen enough already. You Dumb dirty city with bar stools. You´re ugly. You silly shoppingtown. You copy. You too far everywhere. You laugh at me. When I came this woman gave me a box of biscuits. You try to be friendly but you´re not very friendly.

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Rongrong was very pleased to watch the footy game yesterday. She enjoyed herself.

We were all very pleased to watch the footy game yesterday. We all enjoyed ourselves.

Azi and Mohammad were very pleased to watch the footy game yesterday. They enjoyed themselves.

I was very pleased to watch the footy game yesterday. I enjoyed myself.

8 Which of the following sentences uses inclusive language?

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Smash, bang, crash, boom.

The word contains many syllables.

The word sounds like the action described by the word.

The word looks like the sound of the word.

9Onomatopoeia is when

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Alliteration

Rhyme

Metaphor

Personification

10 What language technique is not used in this poem?

The Green Frog

Because he sits there all aloneOn his wet and weedy stoneWhile his chest heaves in and outIn a breathless sort of pout,You would think he’s swum a raceAt a fast and frantic paceAnd was resting to regainHis strength and stamina again.But actually this little kingHasn’t done a single thingExcept to sit there all the whileWith a wide and gummy smile.

Colin Thiele

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Disturbed and angry

Sad and lamenting

Unconcerned and indifferent

Anxious and upset

11 What is the mood of the poem?

PietaA year ago you cameEarly into the light.You lived a day and night,Then died; no one to blame.

Once only, with one hand,Your mother in farewellTouched you. I cannot tell,I cannot understand

A thing so dark and deep,So physical a loss:One touch, and that was all

She had of you to keep.Clean wounds, but terrible,Are those made with the Cross.

James McAuley

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