Techniques

Question 1

What is a dynamic verb?

Answer 1

Action words that express physical or mental activities (e.g. I ran there).

Question 2

What is a stative verb?

Answer 2

Relates to thoughts and opinions (e.g. they love books).

Question 3

What is a concrete noun?

Answer 3

Refers to a physical thing, person, or place (e.g. on the table).

Question 4

What is an abstract noun?

Answer 4

Refers to something non-physical and conceptual (e.g. full of anger).

Question 5

What is an adjective?

Answer 5

Describes nouns (e.g. blue sky).

Question 6

What is an adverb?

Answer 6

Describes verbs (e.g. walked quickly).

Question 7

What is a conjunction?

Answer 7

Joins words and clauses together (e.g. dark and gloomy).

Question 8

What is a personal pronoun?

Answer 8

Used as a simple substitute for the proper name of a person (e.g. she is here).

Question 9

What is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 9

Indicates the ownership (possession) of something or someone (e.g. his bag).

Question 10

What is a preposition?

Answer 10

Describes where or when something is (e.g. under the sea).

Question 11

What is a determiner?

Answer 11

Adds information about number, quantity, or ownership to nouns (e.g. some people).

Question 12

What is a superlative?

Answer 12

An adjective or adverb that shows the thing described has more of the quality than all others (e.g. the greatest day).

Question 13

What is an imperative?

Answer 13

Giving a command to the person being addressed (e.g. look at this).

Question 14

What is a modal verb?

Answer 14

Shows possibility, intent, ability, or necessity (e.g. it might rain, you can go).

Question 15

What is a simple sentence?

Answer 15

A sentence containing just one independent clause.

Question 16

What is a compound sentence?

Answer 16

Has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon, or conjunction.

Question 17

What is a complex sentence?

Answer 17

A sentence containing more than one clause (compound or complex).

Question 18

What is a minor sentence?

Answer 18

Also known as fragments; a sentence that is often missing a main verb or a subject.

Question 19

What is a declarative sentence?

Answer 19

A sentence that gives information. Most sentences are declarative.

Question 20

What is an imperative sentence?

Answer 20

Gives a command.

Question 21

What is an interrogative sentence?

Answer 21

Asks a question.

Question 22

What is an exclamatory sentence?

Answer 22

Ends in an exclamation mark.

Question 23

What is a simile?

Answer 23

Comparing two things using like or as.

Question 24

What is a metaphor?

Answer 24

Comparing two things in order to point out a similarity.

Question 25

What is an extended metaphor?

Answer 25

A number of metaphors on the same topic are grouped together.

Question 26

What is personification?

Answer 26

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.

Question 27

What is colloquialism?

Answer 27

Use of informal words, phrases, or even slang.

Question 28

What is irony?

Answer 28

Signifies the opposite of what you actually mean, typically for humour.

Question 29

What is symbolism?

Answer 29

An object that is used to represent something.

Question 30

What is sensory language?

Answer 30

Language that evokes the 5 senses.

Question 31

What is pathetic fallacy?

Answer 31

Using nature or the weather to reflect emotion.

Question 32

What is a semantic field?

Answer 32

The use of a group of words that all link to the same topic or theme.

Question 33

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 33

Two oppositional words next to one another.

Question 34

What is hyperbole?

Answer 34

Exaggeration that should not be taken literally.

Question 35

What is connotation?

Answer 35

The thoughts or feelings brought to mind by a word or phrase.

Question 36

What is onomatopoeia?

Answer 36

Words that sound like what they are (e.g. Bang, clap, thud).

Question 37

What is imagery?

Answer 37

Vivid description of a particular scene.

Question 38

What is emotive language?

Answer 38

The deliberate choice of words to influence or elicit emotion.

Question 39

What is a cliche?

Answer 39

An expression that has been used so often that it is no longer original.

Question 40

What is a paradox?

Answer 40

A statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time.

Question 41

What is an idiom?

Answer 41

A group of words with a different meaning when used together.

Question 42

What is a motif?

Answer 42

An object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated to point toward the story's larger theme.

Question 43

What is synesthesia?

Answer 43

Description using multiple senses.

Question 44

What are plosive consonants?

Answer 44

Sounds that create an abrupt and often harsh sound.

Question 45

What are sibilant consonants?

Answer 45

Sounds that create a soft sound.

Question 46

What is alliteration?

Answer 46

Two or more words beginning with the same sound.

Question 47

What is anaphora?

Answer 47

Repetition of a word or phrase at paragraph/sentence starts.

Question 48

What is assonance?

Answer 48

Repeating the same vowel sounds.

Question 49

What is consonance?

Answer 49

Repeating the same consonant sounds.

Question 50

What are plosives?

Answer 50

The repetition of harsh p, b, t, or d sounds.

Question 51

What is repetition?

Answer 51

The same important word or phrase appearing multiple times.

Question 52

What is sibilance?

Answer 52

Repetition of s/sh sounds.

Question 53

What is a rhetorical question?

Answer 53

A question which does not require an answer.

Question 54

What is a triplet?

Answer 54

Use of three words or phrases.

Question 55

What is listing?

Answer 55

A list of a number of connected items written one after the other.

Question 56

What is narrative voice?

Answer 56

Written in 1st / 2nd / 3rd person perspective.

Question 57

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 57

An advance hint of what is to come later.

Question 58

What is flashback/forward?

Answer 58

Set earlier or later than the main narrative.

Question 59

What is juxtaposition?

Answer 59

Two things placed together to highlight the contrast between them.

Question 60

What is climax?

Answer 60

The most intense point in the development of the narrative.

Question 61

What is tense?

Answer 61

Past, present, future.

Question 62

What is exposition?

Answer 62

Introduction of background information on characters, events, or settings.

Question 63

What is in media res?

Answer 63

In or into the middle of a narrative or plot.

Question 64

What is chronological order?

Answer 64

Events in the order of their happening or based on the time they have occurred.

Question 65

What is dialogue?

Answer 65

A conversation between two or more persons.

Question 66

What is direct speech?

Answer 66

When someone's words are written down exactly as they were said.

Question 67

What is contrast?

Answer 67

Making a clear and obvious difference between two things or ideas.

Question 68

What is an analogy?

Answer 68

A comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain an idea.

Question 69

What is an allegory?

Answer 69

A narrative story that conveys a complex, abstract, or difficult message.

Question 70

What is an anecdote?

Answer 70

A short, often amusing story about an event, usually involving a particular person.

Question 71

What is an allusion?

Answer 71

An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.