Starter quiz
- What is an extended metaphor?
- a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
- a direct comparison between two things
- a direct comparison between two things which goes across multiple lines ✓
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- ______ is information which allows us to understand the social, historical or cultural background of a text.
- 'context' ✓
- What is sibilance?
- the repetition of a vowel sound at the start of closely connected words
- the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of closely connected words
- the repetition of the 's' sound at the start of closely connected words ✓
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- What might be the definition of a civil war?
- a war between two countries
- a war between two groups of people in the same country ✓
- a war between multiple countries
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- A ______ is a group of words closely related in meaning.
- 'semantic field' ✓
- What connotations might we have of the word 'island'?
- isolated ✓
- remote ✓
- connected
- small ✓
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