Non-Fiction Writing

"My dear friends, this is your hour" is an example of...

• direct address

• exaggeration

• rhetorical question

• rule of three

"While all the world wondered" is an example of...

• alliteration

• rule of three

• statistic

• rhetorical question

"But every man, woman, and child in the country had no thoughts of quitting the struggle" is an example of...

• direct address

• rule of three

• statistic

• rhetorical question

Emotive language is...

• words or phrases designed to make the audience feel certain emotions

• words or phrases used to make comparisons

• words or phrases used to provide facts

• words or phrases used to structure writing

An article should start with...

• Dear Sir/Madam

• a headline

• the date

• a list of contents

A letter to a newspaper should begin with

• a headline

• Dear Editor

• Hello there

• Hi everyone

A short story to support a point is called...

• opinion

• anecdote

• exaggeration

• alliteration

A fact is...

• a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

• a thing known or proven to be true

• a phrase used to cause an emotional response

• a story used to support a point

An opinion is...

• a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

• a thing known or proven to be true

• a phrase used to cause an emotional response

• a story used to support a point

Repetition is...

• When a word or phrase is used more than once

• When the same sound is repeated

• When percentages are used

• When quotes are used