Starter quiz

  • Match each term to its definition. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • metaphor
      making a direct comparison ✓
    • hyperbole
      exaggeration ✓
    • imagery
      phrases which create a vivid picture in your mind ✓
    • connotations
      ideas that are suggested by a word or phrase ✓
  • Match each word to its definition. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • chemist
      a person who sells medicinal drugs in a shop ✓
    • opium
      an addictive drug ✓
    • celestial
      belonging or relating to heaven ✓
    • manna
      food God provided to Israelites in the wilderness ✓
    • ambrosia
      food of the Greek and Roman gods ✓
  • Which of these words are synonyms for the word literal? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • fictional
    • factual  ✓
    • figurative
    • exact  ✓
    • metaphorical
  • Thomas De Quincey wrote 'Confessions of an English ______' in 1821 (Non-fiction: crime and punishment).
    • 'Opium-Eater' ✓
  • Thomas De Quincey 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' is an example of what type of text? (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • biography
    • extract
    • fiction
    • novel
    • autobiography  ✓
  • Starting with the first, put these ideas from Thomas De Quincey's 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' in chronological order. (Non-fiction: crime and punishment)
    • 1
      De Quincey says he didn't take opium for pleasure.
    • 2
      De Quincey says he took opium to relieve his stomach "pain".
    • 3
      De Quincey says he first took opium after waking up in terrible pain.
    • 4
      De Quincey explains how a friend suggested he take opium.
    • 5
      De Quincey says he first got the "celestial drug" from the chemist.
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