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Writing Style
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A sentence that is approximately 18 words in length
medium
periodic sentence
First Person POV
complex sentence
2. Casual - relaxed language; often colloquial
inverted order of a sentence
loose sentence
dependent/subordinate clause
informal diction
3. Expresses a strong feeling
syntax
exclamatory sentence
dialect
imperative sentence
4. A sentence that is shorter than 5 words in length
loose sentence
repetition
inverted order of a sentence
telegraphic
5. A group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb - e.g. into the woods
phrase
Third Person Objective POV
diction
repetition
6. Informal - casual language; in a conversational manner and including slang expressions
exclamatory sentence
colloquial
repetition
middle/ neutral diction
7. Words which can be perceived by the five senses - e.g. hug - kiss - touch - smile
exclamatory sentence
simple sentence
concrete
telegraphic
8. Vocabulary used by a definable groups of people from a particular geographic region - economic group - or social class
compound-complex sentence
interrogative sentence
dialect
denotation
9. The story is told by an outside narrator - not one of the characters using the third person (e.g. she/he)
dialect
long/involved
rhetorical question
Third Person Omniscient POV
10. A device in which words - sounds - and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and create emphasis
repetition
long/involved
stream of consciousness
colloquial
11. A grammatical or structural similarity between sentences or parts of a sentence. it involves an arrangement of words - phrases - sentences - and paragraphs so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased
dependent/subordinate clause
point of view
parallelism
naive or unreliable narrator
12. A question that expects no answer. it is used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement.
point of view
Third Person Limited POV
repetition
rhetorical question
13. The literal - dictionary definition of a word
colloquial
independent/main clause
imagery
denotation
14. Gives a command
Third Person Limited POV
imperative sentence
denotation
free indirect style
15. The narrator refuses to enter the minds of any of the characters and so becomes a kind of roving sound camera; aka Dramatic POV because the characters are seen as they would appear in play
complex sentence
diction
denotation
Third Person Objective POV
16. Contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
imagery
formal/ elevated diction
complex sentence
simple sentence
17. The pattern that an author uses to arrange and present ideas - also called structure or form
organization
middle/ neutral diction
phrase
loose sentence
18. A sentence that is approximately 5 words in length
middle/ neutral diction
syntax
imperative sentence
short
19. A less formal use of language; language spoke by most educated people
middle/ neutral diction
dialect
connotation
detail
20. A private or technical vocabulary peculiar to a specific group - such as a trade or profession
Third Person Limited POV
phrase
repetition
jargon
21. Speaker who tells a story or other literary work
narrator
medium
Third Person Objective POV
clause
22. The narrator is one of the characters - usually a main character - and tells the story from their own view. it can reveal the thoughts - feelings - and observations of which he or she is aware. (e.g. I)
formal/ elevated diction
tone
First Person POV
connotation
23. Involves constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate
informal diction
phrase
natural order of a sentence
slang
24. A poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas - words - or phrases are placed next to one another - creating a effect of suprise and wit
loose sentence
juxtaposition
connotation
telegraphic
25. Contains one subject and one verb
loose sentence
split order of a sentence
simple sentence
Third Person Limited POV
26. Asks a question
interrogative sentence
loose sentence
repetition
tone
27. Involves constructing a sentence so the predicate comes before the subject
narrator
denotation
First Person POV
inverted order of a sentence
28. A clause that does not express a complete idea and cannot stand alone as a sentence - e.g. although the king is sick
tone
informal diction
dependent/subordinate clause
loose sentence
29. A sentence that is 30 words or more in length
long/involved
medium
compound sentence
clause
30. Dignified - impersonal and elevated use of language
formal/ elevated diction
clause
dialect
naive or unreliable narrator
31. Perspective or angle from which a work is narrated
Third Person Omniscient POV
Third Person Limited POV
middle/ neutral diction
point of view
32. Use of vocabulary considered inconsistent with the preferred wording common among the educated in a culture
repetition
slang
jargon
organization
33. Specific word choices of an author
diction
stream of consciousness
rhetorical question
clause
34. Makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending
tone
declarative sentence
loose sentence
split order of a sentence
35. Two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or by a semicolon
clause
compound sentence
complex sentence
imperative sentence
36. When the youth - limited intelligence - or extreme subjectivity of a narrator (especially a first person narrator) leads the reader to question his/her version of characters and events
imagery
interrogative sentence
naive or unreliable narrator
imperative sentence
37. Makes a statement
telegraphic
declarative sentence
complex sentence
long/involved
38. Words that do not appeal to and cannot be perceived by the senses but often carry the burden of meaning of any passage; words expressing ideas and/or concepts - e.g. love
abstract
dependent/subordinate clause
inverted order of a sentence
concrete
39. The implied or suggested meaning attached to a word; the emotional "tag" that goes along with a word
dependent/subordinate clause
connotation
narrator
simple sentence
40. A way of narrating characters' thoughts or utterances that combines some of the features of third-person report with some features of first-person direct speech - allowing a flexible and sometimes ironic overlapping of internal and external perspecti
dependent/subordinate clause
free indirect style
stream of consciousness
compound-complex sentence
41. The creation of mental "pictures" by use of sensory details denoting specific physical experiences (includes visual - auditory - olfactory(smell) - tactile(touch) - and gustatory(taste) images)
inverted order of a sentence
long/involved
parallelism
imagery
42. Literal or factual description-who - what - when - where; straight foward facts
informal diction
exclamatory sentence
periodic sentence
detail
43. Makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached
point of view
repetition
periodic sentence
natural order of a sentence
44. When a writer seeks to reproduce - without a narrator's intervention - the exact flow of thoughts and feelings - that go through a character's minds as the character moves through the world
dialect
stream of consciousness
colloquial
narrator
45. A group of words containing a subject and a verb - e.g. the king is sick
detail
short
clause
slang
46. Attitude of the narrator or author toward the subject - self - other characters - the reader - etc.
short
tone
denotation
repetition
47. Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
abstract
free indirect style
slang
compound-complex sentence
48. Divides the predicate into two parts with the subject coming in the middle
Third Person Omniscient POV
short
split order of a sentence
formal/ elevated diction
49. Sentence structure of a piece of writing
syntax
naive or unreliable narrator
imagery
free indirect style
50. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; a main idea
independent/main clause
imagery
inverted order of a sentence
long/involved