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Writing Style
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Speaker who tells a story or other literary work
jargon
narrator
detail
Third Person Omniscient POV
2. Casual - relaxed language; often colloquial
informal diction
declarative sentence
independent/main clause
narrator
3. 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
juxtaposition
tone
naive or unreliable narrator
medium
4. Contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
long/involved
abstract
complex sentence
telegraphic
5. 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
First Person POV
Third Person Objective POV
syntax
clause
6. A private or technical vocabulary peculiar to a specific group - such as a trade or profession
colloquial
Third Person Omniscient POV
jargon
short
7. The narrator tells the story in third person - but restricts the viewpoint to that of one character
medium
Third Person Limited POV
short
long/involved
8. A sentence that is shorter than 5 words in length
declarative sentence
dependent/subordinate clause
denotation
telegraphic
9. Expresses a strong feeling
Third Person Objective POV
exclamatory sentence
long/involved
imagery
10. Use of vocabulary considered inconsistent with the preferred wording common among the educated in a culture
informal diction
slang
telegraphic
split order of a sentence
11. A group of words containing a subject and a verb - e.g. the king is sick
clause
long/involved
point of view
independent/main clause
12. A sentence that is approximately 18 words in length
free indirect style
organization
medium
imagery
13. The story is told by an outside narrator - not one of the characters using the third person (e.g. she/he)
complex sentence
clause
Third Person Omniscient POV
jargon
14. 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
parallelism
clause
imperative sentence
exclamatory sentence
15. A question that expects no answer. it is used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement.
telegraphic
rhetorical question
diction
First Person POV
16. Sentence structure of a piece of writing
syntax
independent/main clause
diction
long/involved
17. Involves constructing a sentence so the subject comes before the predicate
diction
formal/ elevated diction
First Person POV
natural order of a sentence
18. Literal or factual description-who - what - when - where; straight foward facts
jargon
juxtaposition
detail
Third Person Objective POV
19. 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)
First Person POV
juxtaposition
middle/ neutral diction
long/involved
20. Attitude of the narrator or author toward the subject - self - other characters - the reader - etc.
denotation
abstract
tone
jargon
21. The implied or suggested meaning attached to a word; the emotional "tag" that goes along with a word
periodic sentence
connotation
simple sentence
independent/main clause
22. Asks a question
interrogative sentence
dialect
concrete
jargon
23. 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)
medium
stream of consciousness
imagery
periodic sentence
24. The literal - dictionary definition of a word
Third Person Omniscient POV
exclamatory sentence
dependent/subordinate clause
denotation
25. Contains one subject and one verb
narrator
juxtaposition
simple sentence
formal/ elevated diction
26. A sentence that is approximately 5 words in length
short
phrase
compound-complex sentence
organization
27. Vocabulary used by a definable groups of people from a particular geographic region - economic group - or social class
telegraphic
periodic sentence
free indirect style
dialect
28. A group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb - e.g. into the woods
rhetorical question
jargon
phrase
formal/ elevated diction
29. Contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
periodic sentence
concrete
compound-complex sentence
loose sentence
30. Involves constructing a sentence so the predicate comes before the subject
inverted order of a sentence
exclamatory sentence
simple sentence
dialect
31. 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
repetition
compound-complex sentence
naive or unreliable narrator
compound sentence
32. Dignified - impersonal and elevated use of language
connotation
formal/ elevated diction
slang
exclamatory sentence
33. A sentence that is 30 words or more in length
short
long/involved
middle/ neutral diction
naive or unreliable narrator
34. Makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached
inverted order of a sentence
periodic sentence
Third Person Omniscient POV
loose sentence
35. Makes complete sense if brought to a close before the actual ending
Third Person Limited POV
loose sentence
parallelism
compound sentence
36. 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
telegraphic
organization
natural order of a sentence
37. 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
detail
clause
stream of consciousness
natural order of a sentence
38. Makes a statement
point of view
declarative sentence
detail
parallelism
39. Words which can be perceived by the five senses - e.g. hug - kiss - touch - smile
slang
concrete
middle/ neutral diction
medium
40. A device in which words - sounds - and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and create emphasis
Third Person Omniscient POV
detail
repetition
medium
41. Informal - casual language; in a conversational manner and including slang expressions
natural order of a sentence
simple sentence
colloquial
short
42. 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
tone
exclamatory sentence
free indirect style
slang
43. Perspective or angle from which a work is narrated
connotation
compound sentence
point of view
stream of consciousness
44. Two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction or by a semicolon
Third Person Objective POV
Third Person Limited POV
compound-complex sentence
compound sentence
45. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence; a main idea
abstract
narrator
imagery
independent/main clause
46. Specific word choices of an author
compound-complex sentence
diction
abstract
narrator
47. The pattern that an author uses to arrange and present ideas - also called structure or form
interrogative sentence
point of view
compound-complex sentence
organization
48. Divides the predicate into two parts with the subject coming in the middle
interrogative sentence
split order of a sentence
detail
telegraphic
49. Gives a command
colloquial
stream of consciousness
imperative sentence
inverted order of a sentence
50. A clause that does not express a complete idea and cannot stand alone as a sentence - e.g. although the king is sick
free indirect style
First Person POV
dependent/subordinate clause
complex sentence