Lesson AO2-3
AO2-3 Use subject terminology to support views Quiz: AQA English Language, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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What does the term 'subject terminology' specifically refer to in English language exams?
- Plot summaries
- Technical vocabulary
- Author biographies
- Colloquial slang
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Which term correctly names the repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words?
- Onomatopoeia
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Sibilance
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Which term describes the repeated 's' or 'sh' sounds in 'the soft sighs of the sea'?
- Alliteration
- Anaphora
- Onomatopoeia
- Sibilance
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Which term means a word whose sound imitates its meaning, such as 'buzz'?
- Synecdoche
- Onomatopoeia
- Oxymoron
- Metaphor
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What does the linguistic term 'connotation' refer to?
- Literal meaning
- Phonetic sound
- Dictionary definition
- Emotional associations
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Which term describes a group of words linked by a common topic, such as 'waves, tide, salt, shore'?
- Rhetorical question
- Imperative
- Semantic field
- Anaphora
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Which term describes repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses or sentences?
- Sibilance
- Litotes
- Epistrophe
- Anaphora
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Which term describes a list of three items used for effect?
- Hyperbole
- Euphemism
- Pun
- Tricolon
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Which is the correct term for exaggeration used for effect, such as 'I could sleep for a year'?
- Euphemism
- Understatement
- Hyperbole
- Litotes
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Which grammatical term describes words like 'might', 'could', or 'must'?
- Coordinating conjunction
- Modal verb
- Superlative adjective
- Abstract noun
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What is the primary function of an imperative sentence?
- Asking questions
- Stating facts
- Giving commands
- Expressing emotion
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Which term describes a deliberate understatement, such as 'not bad' for excellent?
- Simile
- Litotes
- Personification
- Hyperbole
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Which is the correct term for a mild word used in place of a harsh one, such as 'passed away' for 'died'?
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Euphemism
- Hyperbole
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Which term describes the use of a word to stand for the whole, as in 'all hands on deck'?
- Anaphora
- Synecdoche
- Simile
- Metonymy
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Which term names the use of 'you' to speak directly to the reader?
- Direct address
- Reported speech
- Indirect speech
- Passive voice
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Which term describes a pair of contrasting words placed together, like 'deafening silence'?
- Hyperbole
- Alliteration
- Oxymoron
- Metaphor
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Which term best describes a phrase that uses a precise and concrete image, as in 'a cracked voice'?
- Imagery
- Cohesion
- Dialect
- Rhetoric
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What is the term for a passive construction such as 'the window was broken'?
- Active voice
- Direct speech
- Passive voice
- Imperative mood
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What defines a rhetorical question within a persuasive text?
- Direct interrogation
- Question for effect
- Confused query
- Unknown answer
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Which term describes a word or phrase drawn from a particular region's or social group's speech?
- Anaphora
- Modality
- Syntax
- Dialect
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