Authorial choices Review

What narrative technique tells the events in a story in order of how they happened?

• Reverse chronological

• Breaking the fourth wall

• Stream of consciousness

• Chronological narrative technique

Answer explanation

The correct answer is the chronological narrative technique, which tells events in the order they happened in the story.

Which literary device involves a character directly addressing the audience or reader?

• Non-linear narrative

• Breaking the fourth wall

• Epistolary (letters)

• Framing story

What does the term 'Tone' refer to in writing?

• Author's use of words and writing style

• Author's attitude towards a topic

• Author's emotions

• Author's credibility

What literary device is used to create strong mental pictures or sensations?

• Metaphor

• Perspective

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Which point of view from which a story is told refers to characters as he or she and is omniscient or semi-omniscient?

• Unreliable narrator

• Third person

• Second person

• First person

What literary device involves an implied comparison between two different things without using like or as?

• Metaphor

• Implied metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

Which form of irony occurs when a contrast is evident between what a character says and what the character actually means?

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Equivocation

What is the chief function of figurative language in writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To communicate the writer's message clearly

• To hide the writer's message

• To create ambiguity

What narrative device involves dropping suggestions or warnings about events to come?

• Equivocation

• Climax

• Denouement

• Foreshadowing

What is the role of punctuation in language according to the text?

• To confuse the reader

• To hide the writer's message

• To create ambiguity

• To affect the reader's senses