Quiz on Sound Devices in Writing

What are sound devices in writing?

• Devices that record sounds

• Techniques used by writers to give musical effects to their writing

• Tools for creating sound effects in movies

• Musical instruments

What is an informal essay ?

• Formal and complex language

• uses casual, conversational language in a short nonfiction work about a particular subject

  
  

• Rhyming patterns

• Technical jargon

What is a historical essay?

• To tell a story about a real-life experience

• a short nonfiction work that gives facts, explanations, and insights about historical events

  
  

• To describe a subject using vivid, sensory details

• To break down an idea into a short nonfiction work

What is a narrative essay?

• It uses humor to achieve the author's purpose

• It tells a story about a real-life experience

• It is a short nonfiction work about a particular subject

• It creates an engaging picture of a subject by using vivid, sensory details

What is the focus of an expository essay?

• To use humor to achieve the author's purpose

• To tell a story about a real-life experience

• To explain an idea by breaking it down and is a short nonfiction work

• To give insights about historical events

What does a descriptive essay aim to do?

• To explain an idea by breaking it down

• To give insights about historical events

• To create an engaging picture of a subject, using vivid, sensory details

• To tell a story about a real-life experience

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of stressed syllables in nearby words

• The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words

• The use of humor to achieve the author's purpose

What is consonance?

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of stressed syllables in nearby words

• The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words

• The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds

• The use of humor to achieve the author's purpose

What is a humorous essay?

• A humorous essay is a piece of writing that aims to bore the reader with dry facts and statistics.
• A humorous essay is a piece of writing that aims to make the reader cry with emotional stories.
• A humorous essay is a piece of writing that aims to confuse the reader with complex language and jargon.
• A humorous essay is a piece of writing that aims to entertain the reader through humor, wit, and satire.