Literary Techniques

Question 1

Which sentence structure technique inserts extra information into a complete sentence using pairs of dashes, brackets or commas?

Answer 1

Parenthesis

Question 2

What piece of punctuation is most commonly used to introduce lists, examples, quotes or explanations?

Answer 2

A colon

Question 3

Which piece of punctuation can create balances by joining two closely related sentences? (Hint, it also separates items in a complex list)

Answer 3

A semi-colon

Question 4

Name the technique: a word that mirrors the sound it makes.

Answer 4

Onomatopoeia

Question 5

Which piece of punctuation conveys strength of feeling and is used for emphasis?

Answer 5

An exclamation mark

Question 6

What’s the name for a question that does not require an answer?

Answer 6

A rhetorical question

Question 7

What is this piece of punctuation called … ? It is used to show an unfinished thought or create a pause.

Answer 7

Ellipsis

Question 8

Name this sentence type: Get out of here.

Answer 8

A command

Question 9

What type of sentence is this? What time do you call this?

Answer 9

Rhetorical question

Question 10

Name this sentence type: Boom!

Answer 10

An exclamation

Question 11

What type of sentence is this? It is four o’clock.

Answer 11

A statement

Question 12

What do you call an incomplete sentence with no verb?

Answer 12

A minor sentence

Question 13

Name the three types of imagery.

Answer 13

Simile, Metaphor and Personification.

Question 14

What is the name of the technique whereby writer’s tell a story to exemplify their points?

Answer 14

Anecdote

Question 15

What is another name for exaggeration?

Answer 15

Hyperbole

Question 16

A contrast is when the writer presents ______ ideas.

Answer 16

Opposing

Question 17

What register would you use when speaking to the Queen?

Answer 17

A formal register

Question 18

Tone describes the writer’s ___________.

Answer 18

Attitude

Question 19

If the question asks you to identify or explain how must you answer this question?

Answer 19

Using your own words

Question 20

What do the words “but”, “however” and “yet” all signal?

Answer 20

A change

Question 21

What type of imagery compares two things by saying one thing is something else but it cannot literally be true? Example: The man roared at the boy.

Answer 21

Metaphor

Question 22

Name the type of comparison that uses the words “like” or “as.” Example: The girl’s hair was like the sun.

Answer 22

Simile

Question 23

Name the technique that gives human qualities to non living things.

Answer 23

Personification

Question 24

Name this technique: The bee buzzed in the bushes. (repetition of consonant sound in two more words)

Answer 24

Alliteration

Question 25

What technique combines two words that appear to contradict for effect? (example: bitter sweet)

Answer 25

Oxymoron

Question 26

When writers present to different or opposing ideas side by side, what is this called?

Answer 26

Contrast/Juxtaposition