extra practise for test p3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Can you name the stylistic device and or tone of voice?

This is an example of .....

T

This is an example of ...........

anaphora

This is an example of....

an hypophora

I'm a 75 year-old ordained minister with 30 years of experience, and I am being called sweetie by someone who is not ordained and much younger who is putting herself in a superior position. Whenever she asks me a question and I answers ,she says" thank you, sweetie" Which tone of voice is used -pick the most fitting one-?

1. sarcastic
2. derisive
3. condescending
4. disrespectful

1. He has the heart of a lion.
2. Am I talking to a brick wall?
These are examples of

1. tongue-in -cheek
2. personifications
3. similes
4. metaphors

How good to lie a little while
And look up through the tree!
The Sky is like a kind big smile
Bent sweetly over me.
Which two stylistic devices do you identify in this small poem?

1. personification and simile
2. personification and metaphor
3. simile and metaphor
4. metaphor and imagery

His brain’s the size of a pea.

That runner’s faster than the speed of lightning.
Alle the statements above entail a(n)

1. personification
2. simile
3. hyperbole

“Despite the civil unrest happening in my city, I believe I can make things better and see real change in my lifetime.”
The tone of voice in the above is

1. matter-of-fact
2. persuasive
3. optimistic
4. catatonic

The human brain contains millions of cells, all working to handle the various functions performed by the human body.
The tone of voice is

1. sceptical
2. informative
3. expressive

“Just do it.” “Run the day. Don’t let it run you.”
The purpose of this is

1. to express
2. to persuasuade
3. to uplift
4. to condemn

“I couldn’t wait to go to the carnival, smell the hot dogs, taste the cotton candy, and feel the exhilaration of riding the Ferris Wheel! Sincerely love it!”
The tone of voice which best suits the above is

1. expressive
2. sarcastic
3. persuasive
4. curious

1. cynical
2. sarcastic
3. sceptic
4. tongue-in-cheek

This situation is

1. sad
2. ironic
3. cynical
4. pessimistic

In a A Modest Proposal Swift proposes the possibility of eating children to beat famine. He then adds that some people might object to cannibalism as a solution to hunger.
This is an example of a(n)

1. hyperbole
2. personification
3. simile
4. understatement