ELA Keystone Review 2

Question 1

Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information.

Accepted Answer

informational text

Question 2

A written account of another person's life.

Accepted Answer

biography

Question 3

The center of interest or attention.

Accepted Answer

focus

Question 4

The center of interest or attention.

Accepted Answer

focus

Question 5

To judge or determine the significance, worth or quality of something; to assess.

Accepted Answer

evaluate

Question 6

Various sentence structures, that can enhance the rhythm of or add emphasis to a piece of text.

Accepted Answer

sentence variety

Question 7

The rhyming pattern, meter, grammar, and imagery used by a poet to convey meaning.

Accepted Answer

structure of paragraph

Question 8

The center of interest or attention.

Accepted Answer

focus

Question 9

Narrator presents the events of the story from outside of any single character’s perception

Accepted Answer

third person POV

Question 10

Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of many.

Accepted Answer

propaganda

Question 11

A trend or pattern of shared beliefs or practices that mark an approach to literature.

Accepted Answer

literary movement

Question 12

The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone.

Accepted Answer

style

Question 13

Variety of language that has different pronunciation/vocabulary than the norm.

Accepted Answer

dialect

Question 14

The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself.

Accepted Answer

tone

Question 15

A person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.

Accepted Answer

character

Question 16

A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.

Accepted Answer

narrator

Question 17

A form of extended metaphor with underlying meanings not found in the narrative.

Accepted Answer

allegory

Question 18

General text that is not fictional; designed primarily to explain or inform.

Accepted Answer

Nonfiction

Question 19

To make understandable, plain or clear.

Accepted Answer

explain

Question 20

Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work.

Accepted Answer

dialogue

Question 21

Nonfiction text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction.

Accepted Answer

literary nonfiction

Question 22

A judgment or conclusion based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 23

One or more letters attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word.

Accepted Answer

affix

Question 24

A literary device that presents action that occurred before current time of the story.

Accepted Answer

flashback

ELA Keystone Review 2

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ELA Keystone Review 2

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