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Writing Techniques GCSE

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'. This sentence is an example of;

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

2.

When Shakespeare's Romeo said 'It is the east, and Juliet is the sun' he was using which technique?

a)

Simile

b)

Repetition

c)

Direct Address

d)

Metaphor

3.

A leaflet title says 'Are you paying too much for your car insurance?'. This is an example of what type of persuasive technique?

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Simile

d)

Pathetic Fallacy

4.

In Martin Luther King's famous speech, he says 'I have a dream' 8 times. What writing technique did he use?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Metaphor

5.

By using repetition in a speech, Martin Luther King made his speech...

a)

More believable

b)

Forgettable

c)

More simple

d)

More memorable

6.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

a)

Children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim.

b)

The city drags itself awake on subway straps.

c)

I, an alarm, awake as a rumor of war.

d)

Lie stretching into dawn.

7.

'The gigantic dog came hurtling back towards me at an unstoppable pace'. Which of the following words is an adjective?

a)

Dog

b)

Gigantic

c)

Me

d)

Pace

8.

Which of the following best describes 'tone' in a piece of writing?

a)

The level of formality in a piece of writing.

b)

The type of text being written.

c)

The expected readership of a piece of writing.

d)

The mood the writer conveys, as well as the writer's attitude towards the subject and the reader.

9.

'I ran down the street as fast as I could'. This sentence is an example of;

a)

First person narration

b)

Second person narration

c)

Third person narration

d)

None of the above

10.

The New Years Eve fireworks boomed and crackled in the night sky. Boomed and crackled are examples of what?

a)

Nouns

b)

Similes

c)

Repetition

d)

Onomatopoeia