Figurative Language & Sound Devices
Structuring your Arguments
Forms of Writing
CRAAP and Beyond
Mixed Bag
100

"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of what technique?

What is personification?

100

This strategy organises details based on their location in space.

What is spatial order?

100

Tells a story about a person's life, written by that same person

What is an autobiography?

100

This is the 'R' in the CRAAP test, asking how recent the information is.

What is timeliness?

100

This type of source was created at the time of an event, like a diary entry or speech.

What is a primary source?

200

"She sold sea shells by the sea shore" uses this sound device

What is alliteration?

200

This "chronological" strategy orders events by this.

What is time?

200

A piece of writing that expresses an author's opinion or argument on a subject.

What is argumentative/persuasive writing?

200

This is the "A" in CRAAP, referring to where the information comes from.

What is authority?

200

The overall attitude of a writer toward a subject.

What is tone?

300

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

What is hyperbole?

300

This strategy explains a problem and then proposes one or more solutions

What is Problem and Solution?

300

A genre that uses rhythmic and metaphorical language to express an idea or emotion.

What is poetry?

300

To evaluate this you must check if the author has expertise to write on this topic.

What is credibility?

300

The specific intended group for whom a piece of communication is created.

What is the target audience/intended audience?

400

"Time is a thief."

What is a metaphor?

400

This pattern divides a topic into categories for clarity.

What is classification?

400
A factual and informative piece of writing found in newspapers or textbooks.

What is informative/expository writing?

400

This type of source interprets, analyses or summarizes a primary source.

What is a secondary source?

400

The reason for communicating: what the writer/speaker hopes to achieve.

What is purpose?

500

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art, like "He had a Midas touch."

What is an allusion?

500

This strategy explains how one event or action leads to another.

What is cause and effect?

500

This genre features a developed plot and characters, but is shorter than a novel.

What is a short story?

500

This term describes a source that is biased or misleading in order to promote a particular cause or point of view.

What is propaganda?

500

The three main components of the Communication Model.

What are Sender, Message and Receiver?

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