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Writing: Descriptive and Narrative
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

A student writes: 'The door screamed on its hinges.' Which technique is this an example of?

  1. Hyperbole
  2. Alliteration
  3. Simile
  4. Personification
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✓ Answer: D — Personification
Personification attributes a human action ('screamed') to a non-human object (the door). This is distinct from simile, which uses 'like' or 'as', and from hyperbole, which involves exaggeration for effect.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What effect does writing a narrative in the present tense usually create?

  1. Distance, as if events are long over
  2. A formal tone suited to a report
  3. A comic tone suited to a parody
  4. Immediacy, as if events happen now
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✓ Answer: D — Immediacy, as if events happen now
Award 1 mark. Present tense places the reader inside the moment, which can heighten tension in narrative writing.
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