Writer's Effect: Review

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is:

• Metaphors use likenesses while similes do not.

• Similes have words such as "like", or "as". Metaphors do not.

• There is no difference.

Which of the following is used to influence an audience?

• Illustrations

• Pacing

• Settings

• Titles

Intentionally exaggerating for effect is called _______________

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"Curiosity killed the cat" is an example of ___________________

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idioms

What is a descriptor that can be used to describe a physical location?

What is an example of something that conveys the atmosphere of a scene?

Characters can convey things via

“Calpurnia was something else again. She was all angles and bones; she was near-sighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.”

In this excerpt, what is the writer trying to express with the phrase "angles and bones"?

"The mist creeps up to the gate and closer to us all the time, the cold whispers of the wind blow against my bare skin. Threatening trees highlighted in the path of light, temporarily created by the glistening moon which ensures we are forced to look in only one direction, even if we wish to go another way."

What feelings are the writer trying to create in the reader?