stylistic devise
type of text
tips
100

What do you call a question that is unnecessary to answer?

rhetorical question 

100

Which type of text informs about positive and negative aspects of a topic? 

argumentative text

100

What is a typical way to support your presentation? 

Handout, Poster, etc.

200

What is the stylistic device of successive words with the same beginning called? 

Alliteration 

200

What kind of text is often used in newspapers?

article 

200

What is the essential point of mediation? 

transferring information

300

What do you call it when objects or animals have human characteristics? 

personification

300

What kind of text does Shakespeare’s work „Romeo and Juliet“ belong to? 

Drama 

300

What form of language should you avoid in non-fiction texts? 

slang 

400

What do you call a consecutive repetition of words, sentences or construction? 

Parallelism

400

In a summary, it is important to distinguish between... and ....

essential and non-essential information 

400

What do you call it when two words have the same meaning? 

synonym

500

What do you call an excessive exaggeration? 

hyperbole

500

In which type of text does the author reveal his personal opinion on a specific topic? 

Essay

500

What is the most important thing about all types of text to get the reader’s attention? 

ear opener 

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