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What is it called when a story is true?
Nonfiction
Fiction
Simile
Metaphor
2
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something is what type of author's purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Describe
3
What is pathos?
Emotion
Sad
Angry
Happy
4
Mystery is a subgenre to ______________.
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Fantasy
Historical fiction
5
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 2 lines that have end rhymes?
Quatrain
Octave
Verse
Couplet
6
When the writer tells the reader what a character looks like, it is called?
Indirect characterization
Hyperbole
Exposition
Direct characterization
7
Which one is a type of rhyme?
Middle
Beginning
Internal
Start
8
What is a stanza?
A part in the song when the lines start rhyming
A situation in a poem when conflict happens
A group or set of lines in a poem
Another name for refrain
9
An example of a transition that builds suspense is?
Next
Afterwards
At once
First
10
Which genre is a story that uses made-up characters and events that could happen in real life?
Traditional literature
Poetry
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
11
What type of poems uses letters/words to form a shape?
Aloud poem
ABC poem
The Bop
Concrete poem
12
What does a sentence consist of?
All of the above
It can stand alone.
It expresses a complete thought.
It has a subject and verb.
13
The reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know is
Dramatic
Verbal
Irony
Situational
14
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
15
What word rhymes with potion?
Notion
Can't
Rant
Brant
16
Which is not a definition for abide?
To endure
Unable to tolerate
To continue a relationship
To deny
17
When the writer appeals to the reader's emotions, it's...
Logos
Jargon
Pathos
Ethos
18
"I was so mad I ran my car into the mailbox." This sentence is an example of what?
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
None of the above
19
What do we end our nonfiction writing pieces, such as an argument, with?
The end
Claim
Restate our argument through summarizing
Reflection
20
What is a thesaurus used for?
Conjunctions
Pictures
Adjectives
Synonyms/antonyms
21
What is a phrase?
Verbs
A small group of words
A word used to identify topics
Verbals
22
What type of irony is when a person says the opposite of what they mean?
Dramatic
Irony
Situational
Verbal
23
What type of poem has 3 lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables and then 5 syllables?
Haynaku
Epic poem
Acrostic poem
Haiku
24
The ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes is...
Assertion
Repetition
Generalization
Connotation
25
Which is not an example of informational text?
Textbooks
Guides
Flyers
Essays
26
What is a single line of a poem called?
Quatrain
Verse
Couplet
Octave
27
When is the resolution of a story?
Middle
No such thing
Beginning
End
28
The topic of an essay is called what?
Road map
Position
Subject
Statement
29
What genre involves the search for answers surrounding an unexpected event?
Mystery
Adventure
Dystopian
Biography
30
What is a synonym for optimistic?
Sad
Furious
Happy
Positive
31
Fiction does not have which genre?
Booklets
Fantasy
Mystery
Folklore
32
A genre of fiction set in the past involving real people, places, or events from history is
Science fiction
Historical fiction
Fantasy
Realistic fiction
33
Which one is a simile?
Her voice is music to my ears.
Cute as a button
The assignment was a breeze.
Boiling mad
34
What are the 2 types of characterization?
Indirect & Direct
Simile & Metaphor
Nature & Plants
Situational & Characters
35
For, and, nor, by, or, yet, so...stand for what?
Conjunctions
Simile
THAMO
FANBOYS
36
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent words is?
Consonance
Hyperbole
Assonance
Alliteration
37
A haiku has _____ lines.
3
5
8
6
38
A story of someone's life written by another person is what?
Biography
Persuasive writing
Autobiography
Speech
39
What is irony?
When an event happens that wasn't expected
A happy, cheerful event
Materials that have propertie of iron in it
Sarcasm or a verbal statement
40
Which one is not author's purpose?
Persuade
Voice
Inform
Entertain
41
The sentence "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me," is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
42
What does connotation mean?
The dictionary definition
The meaning of an unknown word
The number of syllables in a word
The feeling of the word
43
What is logos?
Happy
Logical
Credibility
Emotion
44
What does denotation mean?
Emotion
Different
Meaning
Dictionary definition
45
What is the way a writer develops characters in a story?
Prose
Figurative Language
Characterization
Alliteration
46
What does the A in the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
And
Are
Any
Am
47
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll tootsie pop?
364
1
600
16
48
What is 1 type of author's purpose?
Improve
Express
Remember
Explain
49
"A cunning, cuddly, curious cat" is an example of?
Consonance
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Assonance
50
What is an example of a transition that shifts time?
In opposition
At first
By the same token
Consequently
51
Which one is a FANBOY?
For
Yes
Before
Not
52
What is literature that is not poetry?
Simile
Prose
Rhyme
Poetry
53
"My church set up a fundraising carnival for cancer reasons." What type of sentence is this?
Compound complex
Simple
Complex
Compound
54
The author wants to give you information is what type of author's purpose?
Describe
Inform
Persuade
Explain
55
Sarcasm is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic
Verbal
Vocal
Situational
56
What is not a type of fiction?
Fable
Drama
Adventure
Literary nonfiction
57
The sentence, "Life is a highway," is an example of (a):
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
58
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates its sound
The repetition of the same sound among words
Can be any part in the word
Repeated consonant sound in a series of words
59
What word does not rhyme with weird?
Cleared
Seared
Potato
Beard
60
The writer appeals to the reader's emotions is
Fathos
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
61
What does logos mean?
Emotion
Credibility
Logical
62
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as
A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
An exaggeration that is not true
63
What is the author's individual writing style?
Bias
Diction
Voice
Tone
64
Words that were recently coined, are informal, and go out of style are called what?
Slang
Informal
Jargon
Formal
65
What is characterization?
A lie about a character
A character
The way a writer develops a character in a book
A character in a book
66
Someone insults you, and you say, "Wow, thanks." This is an example of what?
Situational irony
Verbal irony
FANBOYS
Dramatic irony
67
A sentence that consists of a subject and a verb is?
Stanza
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Simple sentence
68
An example of a transition for showing connection is?
First
By the same token
Next
Afterward
69
What word lets your language reflect the positive or negative of what you are saying?
Variety
Originality
Tone
Voice
70
What type of irony is what we say is the opposite of what we mean?
Verbal
Irony
Dramatic
Situational
71
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Got 'em!
Boom!
Deez
Shirt
72
Which one is a type of persuasive technique?
Loaded words
All of the above
Emotion
Reason
73
Which transition word/phrase shows relationship?
Correspondingly
At the same time
Afterward
All of the sudden
74
What are the 3 types of persuasive techniques?
Inform, describe, explain
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Consonance, assonance, alliteration
Ethos, logos, pathos
75
What is a stanza or a poem that consists of 4 lines?
Verse
Octave
Couplet
Quatrain
76
What genre is set in a post-apocalypse society where there is a loss of human rights?
Mystery
Adventure
Dystopian
Realistic fiction
77
Which one is not an author's purpose?
Persuade
Explain
Impress
Entertain
78
Which one is a genre of fiction?
Funny
Artistic
Fantasy
Cartoon
79
What is the most exciting time in the story?
Falling action
Rising action
Climax
Conclusion
80
A stronger personal judgment for one side or another is?
Diction
Voice
Bias
Tone
81
What is an example of alliteration?
All mammals named Heather must be clammy.
I stood still and stopped the sound effect.
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed & restless.
Tick, tock, click, clack, drip, drop, sizzle
82
How many syllables is in the word posterized?
3
5
6
4
83
When the tone is serious, a writer is using ____________ language.
Formal
Proper
Informal
Complete
84
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to give you information?
Describe
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
85
What is a simile?
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
Using like or as to compare 2 things
To cause one to smile
When people start smiling for no reason
86
Which type of fiction is set in the future?
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Science fiction
87
What is the repetition of the same sound in two or more words example cat/hat?
End rhyme
Partial rhyme
Rhyme
Internal rhyme
