What is an antithesis?

placing contrasting ideas within a particular structure

an indirect reference to something well-known to give deeper meaning

In a literary text, what is mood?

the atmosphere in a story that a reader experiences

What do you understand by the word 'diction'?

the deliberate choice of words by a writer

What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

To give a hint of what is to come in order to create some suspense

What is tone within a text?

the narrator/writer's attitude towards the subject

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1
Which of the following is NOT the purpose of a rhetorical question?
to provoke the audience
to draw attention to a topic
to emphasise an idea
to poll the audience
2
What is an antithesis?
a form of disagreement to the thesis statement
an idea that goes against the topic
similar to irony where a contrasting effect is created based on a situation
placing contrasting ideas within a particular structure
3
What is an allusion?
something that isn't real or is a dream
a comparison to something else outside of the text
an indirect reference to something well-known to give deeper meaning
a contradiction to what is happening in the text
4
Which of the following is NOT the purpose of a hyperbole?
to draw attention to a situation
to create humor
to lie
to emphasise a point
5
Which literary device can you find here: "in a scientific discovery, there is continual food for discovery and wonder."?
metaphor
hyperbole
allusion
foreshadowing
6
In a literary text, what is mood?
the feeling the writer has when reading a story
the writer's feeling while writing the story
the character's temperament in the story
the atmosphere in a story that a reader experiences
7
What do you understand by the word 'diction'?
vocabulary
the message in the text
the deliberate choice of words by a writer
the words that a character says
8
What is the purpose of foreshadowing?
To tell a story ahead of time
To shadow the characters in a story
To tell you something bad is happening
To give a hint of what is to come in order to create some suspense
9
Which literary device can you find in this statement: "In a thousand ways he smoothed for me the path of knowledge..."
rhetorical question
foreshadowing
antithesis
hyperbole
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What is tone within a text?
what a story sounds like
the way language is used in a text
the narrator's voice
the narrator/writer's attitude towards the subject

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