writer's effect

Which technique has been used here?
"The water... has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool."

• Adverbs
• Adjectives
• Onomatopoeias
• Similes

Which technique has been used in the quote?
"...Willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding..."

• Metaphor / personification
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

What is the effect of the technique used in the quote?
"...Willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding..."

• The use of carrying debris and winter's flooding show that the leaves carry lots of things with them. 
• The use of carrying debris and winter's flooding show that  Steinbeck loves nature and the outdoors.
• The use of carrying debris and winter's flooding show that, although the description of nature is bright and warm, it has not always been that way.

Personification is...

• Giving something that's not human human features
• Describing a human
• Describing something like an animal
• Taking a person's features to describe another person

Imagery is...

• Persuading the reader to feel the same as you
• Using adjectives only
• Creating a picture in the reader's mind
• Using figurative language only

The phrase “ an eerie ghost ship of an iceberg “ effectively shows how...

• Excited the narrator was

• How scared the narrator was

• nonchalant

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.
• language that has been censored (censorship)
• language that is not very descriptive
• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Identify the mood of the following sentence:
She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.

• fanciful
• suspenseful
• melancholy

What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

• angry
• witty
• suspicious

What techniques have been used here?
"On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them."

• Similes and adverb
• Verbs and metaphor
• Adjectives and onomatopoeia