Adding Emphasis to Your Writing

Match the sentence to the emphasis technique: 

Far across the meadow stretched the golden fields.

• Balanced sentence

• Repetition

• Inverted sentence

• Negative-positive statement

She did not just paint; she created masterpieces with every brushstroke.

What technique is used to add emphasis?

• Exclamatory sentence

• Negative-positive statement

• Sentence fragment

• Periodic sentence

Sudden and fierce, the storm hit the village.

What technique is used to add emphasis?

• Periodic sentence

• Repetition

• Negative-Positive statement

• Inverted sentence

How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The forest was quiet at night.

• The forest was very, very quiet at night.

• Could the forest be any quieter at night?

• The forest was still. Quiet.

How can you add emphasis using a periodic sentence?

The storm started suddenly.

• Suddenly, the storm started.

• The storm started suddenly, catching everyone off guard.

• With a burst of wind and dark clouds gathering, the storm started.

How can you add emphasis using an exclamatory sentence?

The cat jumped over the fence.

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The cave. Dark and quiet. Shadows moving with every step.

• Inverted sentence

• Periodic sentence

• Balanced sentence

• Sentence fragment

How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?

The athlete crossed the finish line.

• The athlete crossed the finish line. Victory.

• The athlete finished.

• The athlete crossed.

How can you add emphasis using repetition?

The wind blew through the trees.

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How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The sky grew dark before the storm.

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