English Comprehension Flashcards
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Read: 'The room was as silent as a graveyard at midnight.' What two things are being compared?
Answer: Room and graveyard
The simile compares the room to a graveyard, specifically the silence of the room to the silence of a graveyard at midnight.
What does 'reading between the lines' mean?
Answer: Understanding the hidden or implied meaning
'Reading between the lines' means understanding what is implied but not directly stated — the hidden or deeper meaning behind the words.
Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
Answer: Walking through the park, the sunset was beautiful.
'Walking through the park' is a dangling modifier because it implies the sunset was walking through the park, which is illogical. The sentence should clarify who was walking.
What type of text structure does the word 'consequently' signal?
Answer: Cause and effect
'Consequently' means 'as a result' and signals a cause-and-effect relationship — something happened, and consequently, something else resulted from it.
Read: 'I must have walked a million miles today!' This is an example of:
Answer: Hyperbole
Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for emphasis. Walking 'a million miles' is an exaggeration to emphasise how tired the speaker feels.
What is the function of an ellipsis (...) in narrative writing?
Answer: To create suspense or show trailing off
An ellipsis (...) creates suspense, shows a character trailing off in speech, or indicates an unfinished thought, leaving the reader to wonder what comes next.