Ten invented sentences and what the technique in each is doing: word choice, metaphor, personification, contrast, repetition, a short sentence, dashes, a…
10 questions • Zestly
• In the sentence, 'Her patience was a thread worn to its last fibre,' what does the metaphor convey?
• In the sentence, 'The wind shouldered its way through the trees,' what does the personification add?
• In the sentence, 'The hospital had the best doctors in the country and the worst building,' what does the contrast achieve?
• In the sentence, 'We waited. We waited while the lights changed twice. We waited while the rain started,' what does the repetition do?
• In the sentences, 'The brakes screamed, the horn sounded and the crowd on the pavement turned as one. The lorry did not stop,' what does…
• In the sentence, 'The council — which had promised a full consultation — announced the decision on a Friday afternoon,' what do the dashes…
• In the sentence, 'There was only one thing left to do: tell her,' what does the colon do?
• In the sentence, 'Cold, tired and out of ideas, he sat down,' what does putting the three descriptions before the action achieve?
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