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Adding Emphasis to Your Writing

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the sentence to the emphasis technique: 

Far across the meadow stretched the golden fields.

a)

Balanced sentence

b)

Repetition

c)

Inverted sentence

d)

Negative-positive statement

2.

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


What technique is used to add emphasis?

a)

Exclamatory sentence

b)

Negative-positive statement

c)

Sentence fragment

d)

Periodic sentence

3.

Sudden and fierce, the storm hit the village.


What technique is used to add emphasis?

a)

Periodic sentence

b)

Repetition

c)

Negative-Positive statement

d)

Inverted sentence

4.

How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The forest was quiet at night.

a)

The forest was very, very quiet at night.

b)

Could the forest be any quieter at night?

c)

The forest was still. Quiet.

5.

How can you add emphasis using a periodic sentence?

The storm started suddenly.

a)

Suddenly, the storm started.

b)

The storm started suddenly, catching everyone off guard.

c)

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

6.

How can you add emphasis using an exclamatory sentence?

The cat jumped over the fence.

4 lines
7.

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

a)

Inverted sentence

b)

Periodic sentence

c)

Balanced sentence

d)

Sentence fragment

8.

How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?

The athlete crossed the finish line.

a)

The athlete crossed the finish line. Victory.

b)

The athlete finished.

c)

The athlete crossed.

9.

How can you add emphasis using repetition?

The wind blew through the trees.

4 lines
10.

How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The sky grew dark before the storm.

4 lines
11.

The sun dipped below the horizon. A golden farewell.


What technique is used to add emphasis?

a)

Sentence fragment

b)

Balanced sentence

c)

Repetition

d)

Inverted sentence

12.

How can you add emphasis using a negative-positive statement?

People hurried to get inside as the rain started.

4 lines
13.

How can you add emphasis using an inverted sentence?

The teacher looked at the sleepy class.

a)

At the sleepy class, the teacher looked.

b)

The teacher looked.

c)

The class was noisy.

14.

How can you add emphasis using an inverted sentence?

Silence followed after the loud noise.

4 lines
15.

How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?

The car sped down the road.

4 lines
16.

How can you add emphasis using repetition?

She walked into the dark room.

4 lines
17.

How can you add emphasis using a periodic sentence?

The music played softly in the background.

a)

The music played softly.

b)

In the background, with notes gentle and soothing, the music played softly.

c)

The music was soft.

18.

How can you add emphasis using an exclamatory sentence?

The waves crashed against the shore.

a)

The waves crashed! They continued to pound against the shore.

b)

The shore was wet.

c)

The waves were loud.

19.

How can you add emphasis using a negative-positive statement?

She waited for the bus in the rain.

4 lines
20.

How can you add emphasis using a sentence fragment?

a)

The dog barked loudly at the stranger. A warning.

b)

The dog barked.

c)

The dog was loud.

d)

The dog barked loudly at the stranger.

21.

How can you add emphasis using a rhetorical question?

The mountains stood tall and majestic.

a)

The mountains stood tall. Have you ever seen anything so majestic?

b)

The mountains stood tall.

c)

The mountains were there.

22.

Could there be any sound more peaceful than the waves lapping at the shore?


What technique is used to add emphasis?

a)

Exclamatory sentence

b)

Balanced sentence

c)

Rhetorical question

d)

Sentence fragment

23.

The wind swept across the field, _______________.


Choose the best ending for emphasis using repetition.

a)

blowing through the grass

b)

sweeping, sweeping through the tall grass

c)

moving gently through the field

d)

blowing stronger

24.

The river flowed, flowed endlessly under the golden sunset.


What technique is used to add emphasis?

a)

Balanced sentence

b)

Inverted sentence

c)

Rhetorical question

d)

Repetition

25.

Choose the best ending for emphasis using an exclamatory sentence.

The car is coming. ________________

a)

Shouldn't you move?

b)

Get out of the way!

c)

Running around, people were.

d)

It's coming quickly.