How something in literature is said

What are the elements of style?

word choice, sentence structure, imagery

Style, what is style?

A writer's way of expressing themselves

What is the writer's voice?

The personality that comes through in a piece of writing

What is NOT true about theme?

Theme can be described in a word or two

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Unit 6: Style, Voice, and Tone

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A unit review of 8th grade language arts - style, voice, and tone

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1
Samuel Clemens' alias is?
Edgar Allan Poe
O Henry
Mark Twain
Ernest Hemingway
2
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Imagery
3
Which is NOT a correct point of view?
Third person omniscient
First person
Third person restricted
Third person objective
4
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
oxymoron
metaphor
idiom
simile
5
Writing in which a writer shares their personal experiences about specific events in their life
caption
memoir
biography
autobiography
6
Downplaying something's importance...
metaphor
understatement
idiom
personification
7
A writer's attitude toward a subject is...?
Tone
Mood
Style
Voice
8
What is style?
How something in literature is pictured
How something in literature is said
What something in literature sounds like
What something in literature looks like
9
An extreme exaggeration...
simile
irony
hyperbole
idiom
10
What are the elements of style?
word choice, style, theme
tone, sentence structure, figurative language
figurative language, sentence structure, imagery
word choice, sentence structure, imagery
11
What is an account of a person's entire life written by that person...
autobiography
journal
memoir
biography
12
Style, what is style?
What is said in literature
The way a writer feels about his subject
The feeling the reader gets from a story
A writer's way of expressing themselves
13
What is the writer's voice?
What is said in literature
The order in which events occur in a story
The personality that comes through in a piece of writing
How something is said in literature
14
What is NOT true about theme?
Theme must be written in a complete, universal sentence
Theme contains the lesson the author is trying to teach
Theme can be described in a word or two
Theme is the author's message
15
To restate the writer's language in your own words...
quote
citation
paraphrase
synthesize
16
Which figurative language is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens?
metaphor
irony
alliteration
onomatopoeia
17
This literary device is a scene set in a time earlier than the main story...
flashback
setting
foreshadowing
inference

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