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Quiz on style in literature.
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1
"Nora sat in front of me by the confession box." is what type of sentence?
complex
compound-complex
compound
simple
2
True or false?
If a story is good, you probably do not notice its style.
Wrong Answer
The Cat in the Hat
False
True
3
The language of relaxed, common activities.
formal
neutral
colloquial
substandard
4
Which of the following words is most
abstract
?
good
creamy
sweet
cold
5
The more
specificity
and
concreteness
, the less...
ambiguity
exactness
vividness
ice cream
6
"It was the Wawanash River, which every spring overflowed its banks." is what type of sentence?
simple
compound-complex
compound
complex
7
The term describing the qualities of the writer's word choices.
friction
selection
election
diction
8
Which of the following words has the most
negative connotation
?
fit
svelte
gaunt
trim
9
The art of effective and persuasive writing.
ambiguity
rhetoric
style
denotation
10
In judging style the important criterion is the author's
talent
audience
expressivity
adaptability
11
True or false?
Abstract and general words have no place at all in good writing.
True
General Blank
False
Wrong answer
12
Informal or low diction is correct for most narrative dialogue (depending on the speaker).
Wrong answer
True
Yo, Adrian!
False
13
The repetition of the same grammatical form is called
balance
parallelism
grammaticon
vividness
14
Which of the following is an example of
formal
or
high
diction?
vamoose
leave
exit
egress
15
Ordinary, everyday standard vocabulary can be labelled as ________________ diction.
middle
red triangle AND blue diamond
neutral
boring
16
Which is the most
specific
word below?
food
peach
dessert
fruit
17
Which of the following is
NOT
a term describing the degree of a word's formality?
neutral
informal
formal
elegant
18
True or False? Style
should be distinguished from content when analyzing literature.
True
Wrong Answer
False
Gangnam