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What figure of speech gives human qualities to animals or inanimate objects?
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What figure of speech gives human qualities to animals or inanimate objects?
Personification.
2
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile compares using 'like' or 'as'; a metaphor compares directly without those words.
3
What literary term describes the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in nearby words?
Alliteration.
4
What is a 14-line poem with a formal rhyme scheme called?
A sonnet.
5
What is a humorous 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme called?
A limerick.
6
What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech that joins two contradictory terms, such as 'deafening silence'.
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What is verbal irony?
Saying the opposite of what one actually means, often for emphasis or humour.
8
What dramatic device features an actor speaking thoughts aloud while alone on stage?
A soliloquy.
9
What is the complimentary close for an impersonal formal letter beginning 'Dear Sir'?
'Yours faithfully,' followed by signature and full name.
10
What is the complimentary close for a formal letter addressing someone by name, e.g. 'Dear Mr Mensah'?
'Yours sincerely,'.
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What is the primary cellular powerhouse responsible for aerobic ATP production?
The mitochondrion.
12
Which organelle in green plant cells conducts photosynthesis?
The chloroplast, containing chlorophyll pigment.
13
What rigid structure surrounds plant cells but is absent in animal cells?
The cellulose cell wall.
14
What is osmosis?
The movement of water molecules from higher to lower water potential across a selectively permeable membrane.
15
What is the functional filtering unit of the human kidney?
The nephron.
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Which blood vessels have thick muscular walls and carry blood away from the heart?
Arteries.
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Which blood component is responsible for forming clots at wounds?
Platelets (thrombocytes).
18
Which female insect vector transmits malaria parasites to humans?
The female Anopheles mosquito.
19
What is the atomic number of an element?
The total number of protons in the nucleus of its atom.
20
What colour does blue litmus paper turn when exposed to an acid?
Red.
21
What are the products of a neutralization reaction between an acid and a base?
A salt and water.
22
Which non-metal is a liquid at standard room temperature?
Bromine.
23
What two conditions are required for iron to rust?
Oxygen (air) and moisture (water).
24
What process coats iron or steel with a protective layer of zinc?
Galvanizing.
25
Which organ in the human body secretes bile to emulsify fats?
The liver.
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What disease is caused by Vitamin C deficiency?
Scurvy (bleeding gums and poor wound healing).
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