UK GCSE · English Language and Literature
Language and Literary Techniques
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- Which technique is used in the phrase 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
- Which technique is used in 'She was as brave as a lion'?
- What is the effect of a short sentence placed after several long ones in a story?
- Which of these is an example of a rhetorical question?
- Which sentence is written in the passive voice?
- Which punctuation mark correctly joins two closely related main clauses?
- What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
- In which kind of writing is a formal register most appropriate?
- Which of these best describes an unreliable narrator?
- Which statement best explains why a writer uses pathetic fallacy?
- What is the effect of using a first-person narrator?
- Which of these is an example of alliteration?
- What is the purpose of a conclusion in a persuasive essay?
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