Creative Writing Skills And Language Techniques

Question 1

Rhetorical question

Answer 1

A question that doesn’t have to be answered. It emphasises A persons feelings and the tension with someone they are talking to

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Describes something. Helps if you want people to create an image in mind when reading something

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Two things being compared. Often used with the words like or as. eg: as clear as a crystal

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

When something is said as another. Eg: your room is a pigsty. Meaning you room is so messy

Question 5

Verb

Answer 5

Used to describe what someone is doing

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

An object ( or something not human ) doing human like things. Eg: the birds were singing peacefully

Question 7

Adverb

Answer 7

Describing how something is done

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

Used to describe sounds. Instead of saying there was a loud noise, you can say BANG!

Question 9

Repetition

Answer 9

Emphasises urgency or tension or the meaning of something to someone

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

Using more than one word in a row beginning with the same letter.

Question 11

Emotive language

Answer 11

Makes the reader feel emotional about what they are reading, and for the character

Question 12

Opinions

Answer 12

Engages reader, so they can see if they agree or disagree

Question 13

Exaggeration

Answer 13

Makes the reader feel even more …and engages them even more…

Question 14

Direct address

Answer 14

The reader feels involved, and in gauged with the speaker

Question 15

What are the 4 sentence types

Answer 15

Simple sentence.
Complex sentence.
Compound sentence,
Complex compound sentence