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.

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.

How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The sky grew dark before the storm.