SUPERB
“Her voice was as soft as a whisper.”
SIMILE
“Peter picked a pack of purple pencils.”
What sound device is used?
ALLITERATION
“The classroom was a battlefield during the debate.”
METAPHOR
“The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.”
What sound device is evident?
ASSONANCE
“The black truck struck the rock.”
What sound device is repeated?
CONSONANCE
“The bees buzzed around the flowers.”
What sound device imitates an actual sound?
ONOMATOPOEIA
A person's life story written by that same person is called what?
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“I have waited a thousand years for this moment.”
What figure of speech is used?
HYPERBOLE
Which essay primarily explains or informs readers about a topic?
EXPOSITORY ESSAY
A writer documents another person's childhood, education, career, and achievements using interviews, letters, and official records.
What type of personal narrative is this?
BIOGRAPHY
Which essay tells a story or recounts a sequence of events?
NARRATIVE ESSAY
“The old house groaned under the weight of the storm.”
What figure of speech is used?
PERSONIFICATION
A nonfiction narrative focusing on selected memories or experiences from a person's life is called what?
MEMOIR
What type of nonfiction combines factual reporting with literary techniques?
LITERARY JOURNALISM
A writer says, “The silence screamed louder than any argument.”
What figure of speech is primarily used, and what effect does it create?
Personification; it emphasizes the intensity or emotional weight of the silence.
A filmmaker uses archival photographs, government records, interviews, and actual footage to investigate a historical event.
What form of nonfiction is this?
DOCUMENTARY
Give one source of evidence commonly used in documentaries.
Interviews, photographs, records, archival footage, observations, or recorded footage.
Which essay uses sensory details to help readers visualize or experience a subject?
DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
She sells seashells beside the silent sea.
ALLITERATION
Which essay presents a position and uses reasons and evidence to convince readers?
ARGUMENTATIVE/PERSUASIVE ESSAY
A student recounts the day she won her first writing competition, describing the events in the order they happened.
Narrative Essay
The rain stayed late in the gray day.
Assonance
The market was a symphony of shouting vendors, sizzling food, and ringing bells.
METAPHOR
The wind whispered through the trees while the leaves danced beneath the moon
PERSONIFICATION
A student writes about failing an important competition, explains what happened, and reflects on how the experience changed her attitude toward failure. What type of essay would best fit this topic?
PERSONAL ESSAY