Writing the monologue of an outsider in relation to Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' | English

Starter quiz

A monologue is from the perspective of ...
- the audience.
- one character. ✓
- multiple characters.
When you're describing a scene to an audience, you want them to feel ...
- connected to the scene. ✓
- disconnected to the scene.
- as if they can't picture the scene.
Personification is ...
- giving human emotions to the weather only.
- giving human characterstics to non-human things. ✓
- using three related words for emphasis.
Emotive language is designed to make you feel ...
- deep sadness.
- strong emotion. ✓
- intense anger.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
- The moon shone like a beacon.
- The moon grumbled. ✓
- She drank in the moonlight.
Which of the following is an effective line for a monologue?
- She stood like a statue - unable to move.
- Their gaze felt like pinpricks on my skin. ✓
- Harley trembled with an all-consuming feeling of dread.

Being descriptive in your writing means ...
- using words to create pictures in your audience's minds. ✓
- writing your ideas out in an organised way.
- trying to persuade the audience that your opinion is correct.
Using your writing to bring strong images, memories, or feelings to mind is called being ...
- egotistical.
- evocative. ✓
- empathetic.
Which of the following is an example of a triplet?
- I was bemused and muddled.
- I was bemused, muddled, confused. ✓
- I could feel the confusion clouding my judgement.
A literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects is known as ...
- 'personification' ✓
Match the emotive language with the effect on the audience.
- It was lamentable
  
  ⇔
  
  sympathy ✓
- It was outrageous.
  
  ⇔
  
  anger ✓
- I felt jubilant.
  
  ⇔
  
  happiness ✓
Pathetic fallacy is a type of ...
- personification. ✓
- anaphora.
- euphony.
- comparative device.

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Descriptive devices are used to help the reader feel almost as if they are a part of the scene or event being described.
Examples of descriptive devices might be personification or pathetic fallacy.
Rhetorical devices are literary devices that are designed to have an effect on the audience.
A combination of rhetorical and descriptive devices is effective in conveying emotion.
Examples of rhetorical devices might be triplets and emotive language.

That pathetic fallacy is only about using the weather to express emotions.

Pathetic fallacy is a type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather.

Descriptive - Descriptive is an adjective we apply to writing that is visual and detailed.
Emotive - Writing that causes strong feelings is said to be emotive.
Evocative - If something is evocative, it brings strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
Rhetorical - Rhetorical means speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.