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1
What is the repetition of identical vowel sounds in words that are close to each other?
Consonance
Rhyme
Assonance
Alliteration
2
Action in a story that directly affects the characters and determines the outcomes of events
Peripheral action
Significant action
Incidental action
Main action
3
When the narrator can only describes what can be seen and heard directly without commentary
Third-person limited omniscience
Third-person complete omniscience
Third-person limited objectivity
Third-person complete objectivity
4
T/F Main characters should be given human-like depth.
True
False
5
What is a line or set of lines that is repeated through a poem?
Parallelism
Refrain
Rhythm
Repetition
6
TYW: Which of the following is
NOT
a reason that this story was written?
To condemn the greed and lavishness of the wealthy
To criticize ideals of the Victorian era
To challenge patriarchal power
To portray an accurate and honest account of mental illness
7
What is it called when author places two opposite ideas next to each other to contrast them?
irony
metaphor
juxtaposition
8
What device would an author use to create a purposeful pause within a line of poetry?
Caesura
Period
Slant rhyme
A question
9
TYW: Why is the wallpaper personified?
To add "ghostliness" to the house
To remind the narrator that John is barely home
To symbolize the narrator's own mind and feelings
To represent how her worst fears are coming to life
10
T/F Line lengths, rhyme, repetition and parallelism can create rhythm
true
false
11
What makes memoirs compelling are...
The honesty of the author's feelings
The author's techniques of fiction and figurative language
The experiences we have in common with the story
The missing fragments of the memory
12
Which of these is
NOT
one of the themes in the first vignette in "Three Pokes of a Thistle"?
Risks are necessary to live an interesting, exciting life
Our decisions affect us
Irresponsible children turn into irresponsible adults
Our future is defined by our past
13
Which of the following is
NOT
a strategy for revising a written work?
Edit your spelling and grammar
Integrate literary devices
Reorder your ideas and words
Delete unnecessary words and ideas
14
What is an indirect statement or reference to a person or situation?
allusion
allegory
foreshadowing
15
T/F Free verse poetry does not have a particular pattern of rhyme or rhythm.
True
False
16
What is a parallel scene?
When several scenes of a story happen at the same time
The use of a flashback to an earlier time in the story
An episode in a story
When an author repeats the structure of a sentence/line
17
The Writer: Why does Wilbur compare his daughter to a "dazed starling"?
Celebrates his daughter as a star
Show that his daughter always "soars" above her problems
Compares his daughter struggling to write to a fallen bird
Describes his daughter's sky-high goals
18
What is the repetition of a certain word or a collection of words?
alliteration
parallelism
repetition
19
What is it called when an author uses several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession?
parallelism
polysyndeton
repetition
20
Which of the following is
NOT
one way a writer can improve their abilities?
Read more
Keep a journal
Take longer breaks from writing
Revise their work
21
While memoir writers can "fictionalize" some aspects of the story, what should
never
be fake?
Experiences and events
Characterization
Emotional truth
Names of characters
22
What is it called when an author says something that is the opposite of what you would expect?
irony
hyperbole
juxtaposition
23
T/F A setting of a story can act as a motivating force or conflict for a character.
False
True
24
What is the intense feeling an audience experiences while waiting for the outcome of events?
tension
mood
imagery
25
Which of the following is
NOT
a technique a writer can use to improve their skills?
Drafting and revising
Take a break from writing every so often
Journaling
Asking for feedback
26
All of the following are true about main characters
EXCEPT
...
They should feel realistic and human
Protagonists should be round and dynamic
They only need a journey, not necessarily a conflict
Protagonists' motivations + aspirations should be evident
27
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words?
rhyme
alliteration
onomatopoeia
28
When a writer or speaker speaks directly to someone not present or to an inanimate object
apostrophe
assonance
allusion
29
When the narrator can reveal what each character knows and thinks, but nothing about the future
Third-person complete omniscience
Third-person complete objectivity
Third-person limited objectivity
Third-person limited omniscience
30
What is it called when an author rhymes words with sounds that are similar but not the same?
Slant rhyme
Masculine rhyme
Exact rhyme
Feminine rhyme
31
The way an author organizes their words
diction
syntax
tone
32
T/F Prose is language that reflects everyday speech.
False
True
33
T/F First person and third person are examples of perspective.
False
True
34
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of an external conflict?
Man vs. society
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
Man vs. man
35
"Three Pokes of a Thistle" is about a young girl who...
Excels in everything until one day she disappoints her mom
Loves to please others
Feels unconfident about her identity
Is rebellious and feels like she doesn't fit in
36
What is an object that represents an idea?
symbol
motif
conceit
37
T/F When writing, literary devices and other techniques don't always have to be purposeful.
False
True
38
Why would an author use literary devices?
It's standard or typical for writers to do this
Makes ideas and messages more vivid and understandable
To confuse the reader
There is no real purpose
39
T/F Writers do not need to reflect on their writing in order to effectively revise their work.
False
True
40
What is the repetition of sentence elements so that some sentences are structurally similar?
parallelism
alliteration
repetition
