Experimenting with a range of sentence types | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right.

• euphony

• to steer a path

• abundance

• deliberate

• to navigate

• harmony

• intentional

• plenty

Answer explanation

Euphony is often the goal and outcome of sophisticated sentence types.

What word describes a X shaped sentence structure?

(a)  

Answer explanation

Chiasmus or X shaped sentence structures can be both memorable and elegant.

'Not only ... but ...' is a useful sentence structure for ...

• saying what things are not.

• stressing the negative qualities of a situation

• showing that more than one thing is happening

• contradicting an earlier thought.

Answer explanation

The phrase 'not only' allows the writer to highlight two ideas more or less simultaneously.

If I wanted to show my surprise or delight about something which of the following might I use?

• Little did ...

• Only then ...

• Never have ...

• Not only ... but ...

Answer explanation

You could reinforce the effect of surprise or revelation by writing "never ever ..." or "never not once ..."

Which of the following sentences uses chiasmus?

• His time had come and come it did, swiftly and without warning.

• The cat chased the mouse and the mouse ran away swiftly.

• The mountain tall, stood the mountain.

• She sings not because she is happy; she is happy because she sings.

Answer explanation

Chiasmus needs to invert both words and meanings. That is why 3 is not correct. Both clauses have the same meaning.

Slogans often employ chiasmus because it ...

• makes the slogan easy to say.

• makes the slogan easy to remember.

• carefully undermines the competitor.

• they are short.

Answer explanation

Slogans and also advertising often use chiasmus because of its qualities of memorability.