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