Why is tone important?

It describes the mood and feeling of the story

Why would an author use a simile?

To reveal things about a character

What is the effect of personification?

Make the writing relatable and the reader feel connected

Why use metaphors in your writing?

They add more description and information about characters

What must you never forget when talking about literary techniques?

To explain the effect on the piece of writing

What is the effect of rhetorical questions?

To make an impact and call attention to something

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Literary Techniques

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1
"Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again..." is an example of
Personification
Simile
Apostrophe
Juxtaposition
2
Why is tone important?
It shows what the author was feeling
It describes the mood and feeling of the story
It adds layers to the story
It tells you what the characters are saying
3
Why would an author use a simile?
Their English teacher told them to
To reveal things about a character
Because they were bored
To hide things about a character
4
Identify the tone in the following passage
Scared and frightened
Foreboding and mysterious
Angry and frustrated
Unhappy and annoyed
5
What is the effect of personification?
Make the reader feel important
Make you laugh
Add more words to the word count
Make the writing relatable and the reader feel connected
6
Why use metaphors in your writing?
They add more description and information about characters
They create distance between the character and the reader
They get more marks
They are more sophisticated than similes
7
What literary technique is pictured?
Metaphor
Personification
Juxtaposition
Simile
8
What must you never forget when talking about literary techniques?
To explain the effect on the piece of writing
To explain how pointless they are to the text
To ignore them completely
To correctly identify the technique
9
Hyperbole is used to...
Provide more context for the reader
Make fun of people
Make people laugh
Highlight or emphasize a point
10
What is the effect of rhetorical questions?
To make an impact and call attention to something
To sound clever
To ensure an answer
To answer your own question
11
Hyperbole is...
The most ridiculous thing in the world
A slight exaggeration
An over-exaggeration
Descriptive language
12
Taylor Swift's lyric: "Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone" makes use of
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
Paradox
13
"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of
Personification
Motif
Alliteration
Sibilance
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What type of description is being used in the extract?
Hyperbole
Figurative lanaguage
Long description
Sensory description

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