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Language Features Practice
Read each example carefully. Choose or name the language feature, then explain its effect where asked.
Spot the language feature
1.In the sentence “The old floorboards groaned as Oliver crept towards the shelves”, which feature gives the floorboards a human action?
- Simile
- Personification
- Alliteration
- Metaphor
2.Which sentence uses a metaphor?
- Freya’s smile was as bright as a torch.
- The bookshop was a treasure chest of stories.
- The pages rustled softly.
- Oscar opened an old, orange atlas.
3.Write all five words that create alliteration in this sentence: “Bert balanced a bundle of battered books by the till.”
4.Which word is an example of onomatopoeia in this sentence? “A stack of hardbacks toppled with a crash.”
- stack
- hardbacks
- toppled
- crash
5.In “The narrow aisle was a river, and the customers drifted along it”, identify the metaphor.
Read and analyse
When the last customer left, the bookshop gave a sleepy sigh. Rain tapped at the glass while the wind pressed its cold fingers against the door. Under the counter, a tiny clock ticked like a mouse in the quiet. Freya switched off the lamps, and the shadows stretched across the floor. Somewhere on a high shelf, a loose book slid down with a thump.
6.Find the phrase that personifies the bookshop, and explain what impression it creates.
7.Copy the simile from the passage. What two things are being compared?
8.What effect does the phrase “the shadows stretched across the floor” create for the reader?
Features working together
9.Select all the language features present: “Silver shelves shimmered silently while the old clock grumbled.”
- Alliteration
- Personification
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Onomatopoeia
10.Match each example to its language feature.
- The rain whispered on the roof.
- The shop was as quiet as a cave.
- A mountain of books stood by the desk.
- Crack! The branch snapped.
- Freya found five fairy tales.
- Simile
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
- Personification
- Metaphor
11.Choose the strongest completion for this simile: “The leather cover felt as rough as …”
- a piece of sandpaper
- a smooth window
- a quiet song
- a bright candle
12.In the sentence “The bell gave a sharp ding, and Oscar hurried to the counter”, which word imitates a sound?
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