Rhetorical Devices
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?
What is Alliteration?
What type of conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses that are similar or equal?
What is Coordinating Conjunction?
What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause and separate items in a list?
What is Comma
WWhat does the term "diction" refer to in writing?
What is The choice of words and style of expression?
What is the term for the perspective from which a story is told?
What is Point of view ?
Which rhetorical device involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
What is Hyperbole?
What is the term for conjunctions that introduce dependent clauses?
What is Subordinating Conjunction?
What is the function of a semicolon in a sentence?
What is To connect closely related independent clauses?
What is the difference between "formal" and "informal" diction?
What is Formal is more sophisticated and used in serious contexts, while informal is casual and conversational?
What technique involves giving hints about what will happen later in the story?
What is Foreshadowing?
What term describes a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
What is Simile?
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: "I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain."
What is but
Which punctuation mark is used to indicate possession?
What is Apostrophe?
Provide an example of a word with a positive connotation by comparing two words. Positive vs negative. eg "smart" vs "nerd"
What is ., "youthful" vs. "childish"?
Define "flashback" in narrative techniques
What is A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence to depict something that happened at an earlier time?
What is the use of a word that imitates the sound it describes?
What is Onomatopoeia?
What is the purpose of a correlative conjunction?
What is To connect pairs of words or phrases that have equal importance
In what situation would you use a colon?
What is To introduce a list, explanation, or quotation?
How does diction affect the tone of a piece of writing?
What is Diction sets the mood and can evoke emotions in the reader?
What is the purpose of character development in a narrative?
What is To create complex characters that grow and change throughout the story?
What rhetorical technique uses a question to make a point rather than to elicit an answer?
What is Rhetorical Question?
Give an example of a conjunctive adverb.
What is However, therefore, moreover, etc
What is the purpose of quotation marks in writing?
What is To indicate spoken words or a quotation?
What is meant by "jargon"?
What is Specialized language used by a particular group?
What is an unreliable narrator?
What is A narrator whose credibility is compromised?