1)Which of the following are usually used to create descriptive writing?
Hyperbole, rhetorical questions, similes
Metaphors, direct address, flattery(telling people what they want to hear while
disregarding their best interests )
Metaphors, similes or personification
2)Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
A screaming wind
A dull roar
A creepy atmosphere
3)Which of the following is the best simile to describe a spooky forest?
The trees moved like ghostly figures
The trees swayed happily in the darkness
The trees chattered like children in the wind
4)Which are examples of persuasive techniques?
Similes, flattery, metaphors
Flattery, rhetorical questions and use of personal pronouns
Alliteration, oxymorons, personification
5)Which of the following sentences uses hyperbole?
The sun was warmer in June
My burger was bigger than hers
The holiday was out of this world
6)How do persuasive techniques make a piece of writing persuasive?
They make it more memorable for the reader
They convince the reader of your viewpoint or opinion
They help the reader to notice ambitious vocabulary
7)What is imperative language?
Language that commands the reader
Language that persuades the reader
Language that advises the reader
8)Which techniques are usually used in informative writing?
Flattery, rule of three, direct address
Alliteration, similes, metaphors
Imperative language and facts
9)In which of the following texts would you usually find informative
techniques?
Charity leaflets and job advertisements
Recipes and directions
Directions and posters
10)What do you need to consider when using techniques within your writing?
That the title fits the genre of the text
That the layout of the text is suitable
That the vocabulary used fits with the genre of the text
11)The flowers danced in the breeze' is an example of which stylistic device?
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Allusion (a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary
or political significance
12) The water was so cold, I saw fish wearing jackets' is an example of _____.
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
13)Metaphor and simile are two stylistic devices that use comparison to put an
image in the reader's mind for clarity, understanding, and engagement. _____
uses 'like' or 'as' to directly compare two unlike things. _____ implies a
comparison by speaking of one thing as something else.
metaphor; simile
Both can use 'like' or 'as,' and both are comparisons.
simile; metaphor
None of the answers are correct.
14) What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like
a racehorse.”
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
15)What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like a
racehorse.”
Metonymy (the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated, both from
literature and in everyday life.)
Litote(employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, a positive statement expressed by negating
its opposite expressions.)
Oxymoron(two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect)
Zeugma(a word that has more than one meaning is used with one meaning in one part of a sentence and with a
different meaning in another part of the sentence, usually in order to produce a humorous effect
16)When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the
words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?
Onomatopoeia(a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing)
Cacophony
Alliteration
17.What literary device does the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “Do I love
you because you’re beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?”
illustrate?
Connotation (meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry
cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings or denotations )
Chiasmus(reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words)
Zeugma(a word that has more than one meaning is used with one meaning in one part of a sentence and with a
different meaning in another part of the sentence, usually in order to produce a humorous effect)
Anaphora
18). It was a representative gathering.
metaphor
metonymy(the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated, both from
literature and in everyday life)
pun
19) The swiftest traveller is he that goes on foot.
paradox
oxymoron (two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect)
euphemism (refers to polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or
which suggest something unpleasant.)
20)It is better to be looked over than to be overlooked.
zeugma
irony
pun
21)The hospital was crowded with the surgically interesting products of the
fighting in Africa.
metaphor
periphrasis (use of excessive and longer words to convey a meaning which could have been conveyed with a
shorter expression)
paradox
22) She has broken his heart and, in despair, he has broken his guitar.
oxymoron
metaphor
euphemism
23)The little woman,for she was of pocket size,crossed her
hands solemnly.
Irony
understatement(a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad,
etc. than it really is)
epithet
24). You have a lot of work to do,so I'll lend you a hand.
hyperbole
metonymy
periphrasis
