Lesson AO2-3

AO2-3 Use subject terminology to support views Quiz: AQA English Language, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What is 'subject terminology' in AO2?

    • The vocabulary a writer uses for a specialised academic topic in the text
    • The accurate technical words used to name language and structure features
    • The spelling rules that apply to the words of the English language
    • A list of school subjects that the text is set in or about, with the year group

  2. Which term correctly names the repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words?

    • Onomatopoeia
    • Alliteration
    • Assonance
    • Sibilance

  3. Which term describes the repeated 's' or 'sh' sounds in 'the soft sighs of the sea'?

    • Alliteration
    • Anaphora
    • Onomatopoeia
    • Sibilance

  4. Which term means a word whose sound imitates its meaning, such as 'buzz'?

    • Synecdoche
    • Onomatopoeia
    • Oxymoron
    • Metaphor

  5. What does 'connotation' refer to?

    • The dictionary definition of a word, stated without any extra meaning
    • The part of a sentence that states the subject of the verb
    • The number of syllables in a word used in a sentence
    • The associations and emotional meanings a word carries

  6. Which term describes a group of words linked by a common topic, such as 'waves, tide, salt, shore'?

    • Rhetorical question
    • Imperative
    • Semantic field
    • Anaphora

  7. Which term describes repeating a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses or sentences?

    • Sibilance
    • Litotes
    • Epistrophe
    • Anaphora

  8. Which term describes a list of three items used for effect?

    • Hyperbole
    • Euphemism
    • Pun
    • Tricolon

  9. Which is the correct term for exaggeration used for effect, such as 'I could sleep for a year'?

    • Euphemism
    • Understatement
    • Hyperbole
    • Litotes

  10. What is a 'modal verb', and which example is one?

    • An adjective that describes the colour of an object in the room
    • A verb expressing possibility or obligation, such as 'might' or 'must'
    • A noun that names a physical place, such as 'the station' in the town
    • A verb in the past tense, such as 'walked' in a narrative sentence

  11. Which term describes an imperative sentence?

    • A sentence that asks a question for which no answer is expected
    • A sentence that describes a feeling in the first person
    • A sentence that gives a command or instruction
    • A sentence made of a single word that is a noun only

  12. Which term describes a deliberate understatement, such as 'not bad' for excellent?

    • Simile
    • Litotes
    • Personification
    • Hyperbole

  13. 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

  14. Which term describes the use of a word to stand for the whole, as in 'all hands on deck'?

    • Anaphora
    • Synecdoche
    • Simile
    • Metonymy

  15. Which term names the use of 'you' to speak directly to the reader?

    • Direct address
    • Reported speech
    • Indirect speech
    • Passive voice

  16. Which term describes a pair of contrasting words placed together, like 'deafening silence'?

    • Hyperbole
    • Alliteration
    • Oxymoron
    • Metaphor

  17. Which term best describes a phrase that uses a precise and concrete image, as in 'a cracked voice'?

    • Imagery
    • Cohesion
    • Dialect
    • Rhetoric

  18. What is the term for a passive construction such as 'the window was broken'?

    • Active voice
    • Direct speech
    • Passive voice
    • Imperative mood

  19. Which is a correct use of the term 'rhetorical question'?

    • A question about rhetoric that is answered in a single word
    • A question asked for effect, not expecting a direct answer
    • A question that appears only in a dialogue between two characters
    • A question that is written in a different font from the rest

  20. 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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