Super Sized Techniques Quiz

Question 1

What is the effect of writing in present tense?

Accepted Answer

The reader feels a part of the action, The action seems immediate, like it is happening now

Question 2

Which of these is the correct setting out of dialogue?

Accepted Answer

"I know how to write properly," he said.

Question 3

“Weary feet in the walk of life” what technique most appropriately reflects this phrase?

Accepted Answer

Metonym

Question 4

What tense is this sentence written in?

Accepted Answer

Present

Question 5

Identify the technique in “I’m a vegetarian. I ate lamb last night - I felt a bit sheepish”

Accepted Answer

Pun

Question 6

What is it called when what actually happens is opposite of what is expected or appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Situational irony

Question 7

What is the best definition for an OMNISCIENT narrative voice?

Accepted Answer

Knows everything

Question 8

What is a pronoun?

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A word standing in for a noun

Question 9

What technique is in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

Symbolism

Question 10

A comparison, usually something unfamiliar with something familiar

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Analogy

Question 11

Satire is a kind of comedy that:

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...ridicules problems in society in an attempt to change it

Question 12

What pronouns are used in THIRD PERSON point of view?

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She, her, hers, He, him, his

Question 13

What does the girl trapped in the bottle symbolise?

Accepted Answer

Despair & entrapment

Question 14

Which one of the following is written in iambic pentameter?

Accepted Answer

Thy hand, echoed in my dreams ever so gently

Question 15

What is it called when the speaker or writer says one thing but means the opposite?

Accepted Answer

Verbal Irony, Sarcasm

Question 16

What is the best description for a LIMITED narrative voice?

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Only sees the world through one character's experience

Question 17

What is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

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Cha-ching, Discombobulated, Plop, Meow

Question 18

What techniques is used in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

Symbolism, Metaphor

Question 19

What tense is this sentence written in?

Accepted Answer

Future

Question 20

What is the effect of understatement?

Accepted Answer

Irony

Question 21

Which one of these is a paradox?

Accepted Answer

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get

Question 22

Two contradictory words used together eg “sweet sorrow“, “original copy” or “jumbo shrimp”

Accepted Answer

Oxymoron

Question 23

Which of these is an example of ALLITERATION?

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Bringing home the bacon, Crisp, cold cash

Question 24

When marking short answers, what do teachers look for the most?

Accepted Answer

The amount of analysis

Question 25

What is hyperbole?

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Obvious and intentional exaggeration

Question 26

The repetition of the same sounds such as “Sally sells sea shells”

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Alliteration

Question 27

Which pronouns are used for FIRST PERSON point of view?

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I, me, my

Question 28

What is it called when the audience knows something important that the character does not know?

Accepted Answer

Dramatic irony

Question 29

What is salience?

Accepted Answer

The point of the image that captures the viewer’s attention

Question 30

When discussing gaze, what is an offer?

Accepted Answer

Looking away from the viewer, no eye contact

Question 31

Which of these is an example of sibilance?

Accepted Answer

The sun is sparkling Saturday

Question 32

What do you call pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune?

Accepted Answer

Schadenfreude

Question 33

Define MOTIF

Accepted Answer

A repeated symbol

Question 34

When discussing gaze, what is a demand?

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The subject looks directly at the viewer, making eye contact

Question 35

What does a high angle shot to do the subject?

Accepted Answer

It makes the subject seem weak. Viewer has more power.

Question 36

Which one of these is a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Her skin was creamy soft., His stomach churned.

Question 37

Which of these is NOT an example of a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Michael was as bright as a button

Question 38

What do you call the eyeline of the subject?

Accepted Answer

Gaze

Question 39

What tense is this sentence written in?

Accepted Answer

Past

Question 40

What technique is used in this sentence?

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 41

When the composer places different items or ideas close together for comparison?

Accepted Answer

Juxtaposition

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