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WorksheetsAdding Emphasis to Your Writing
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins
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.
The sun dipped below the horizon. A golden farewell.
What technique is used to add emphasis?
Sentence fragment
Balanced sentence
Repetition
Inverted sentence
How can you add emphasis using a negative-positive statement?
People hurried to get inside as the rain started.
How can you add emphasis using an inverted sentence?
The teacher looked at the sleepy class.
At the sleepy class, the teacher looked.
The teacher looked.
The class was noisy.
How can you add emphasis using an inverted sentence?
Silence followed after the loud noise.
How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?
The car sped down the road.
How can you add emphasis using repetition?
She walked into the dark room.
How can you add emphasis using a periodic sentence?
The music played softly in the background.
The music played softly.
In the background, with notes gentle and soothing, the music played softly.
The music was soft.
How can you add emphasis using an exclamatory sentence?
The waves crashed against the shore.
The waves crashed! They continued to pound against the shore.
The shore was wet.
The waves were loud.
How can you add emphasis using a negative-positive statement?
She waited for the bus in the rain.
How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?
The dog barked loudly at the stranger. A warning.
The dog barked.
The dog was loud.
The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?
The mountains stood tall and majestic.
The mountains stood tall. Have you ever seen anything so majestic?
The mountains stood tall.
The mountains were there.
Could there be any sound more peaceful than the waves lapping at the shore?
What technique is used to add emphasis?
Exclamatory sentence
Balanced sentence
Rhetorical question
Sentence fragment
The wind swept across the field, _______________.
Choose the best ending for emphasis using repetition.
blowing through the grass
sweeping, sweeping through the tall grass
moving gently through the field
blowing stronger
The river flowed, flowed endlessly under the golden sunset.
What technique is used to add emphasis?
Balanced sentence
Inverted sentence
Rhetorical question
Repetition
Choose the best ending for emphasis using an exclamatory sentence.
The car is coming. ________________
Shouldn't you move?
Get out of the way!
Running around, people were.
It's coming quickly.
