Elements of Nonfiction – Flashcards
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T/F Nonfiction writing is of little importance today because of the widespread use of computers.
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FALSE
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T/F Persuasive writers try to broaden the reader's outlook so that he will accept all viewpoints about a subject.
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FALSE
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T/F Propaganda is an unacceptable type of writing that promotes only problems and encourages a narrow viewpoint about things.
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FALSE
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T/F Both the novel and the short story are genres of fiction.
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TRUE
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T/F A propaganda writer hopes to convince the reader of his particular viewpoint by using argumentative prose.
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TRUE
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T/F Nonfiction writing depends heavily upon the writer's imagination to develop a formal style.
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FALSE
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T/F Formal writing is usually more serious in tone, exact in form, and concrete in style than informal writing.
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TRUE
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T/F Writing that distorts the truth for evil purposes is referred to as fictional.
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FALSE
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Which of the following are characteristics of exposition?: caution clarity coherence completeness concern conciseness creativity
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CLARITY COHERENCE COMPLETENESS CONCISENESS
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Which are major writing patterns of exposition?: analytical argumentative descriptive dialogical illustrative
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ANALYTICAL ARGUMENTATIVE ILLUSTRATIVE
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Which are methods used in illustrative exposition? comparison definition description dialogue example humor supporting detail
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comparison definition example supporting detail
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The analytical pattern is used in literary criticism.
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TRUE
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The use of details is commonly used in illustrative writing.
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TRUE
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Argumentative writing uses comparison and contrast.
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FALSE
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Coherence literally means analytical.
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FALSE
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Which of these sentences creates the more vivid image? 1.My old coat is a faded blue. 2.Her red sneakers reeked like stale cheddar left in the sun for a week.
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Her red sneakers reeked like stale cheddar left in the sun for a week.
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Which of these sentences creates the more vivid image? His Bose system rattled her picture window as he cruised the neighborhood; the Beatles exploded out with his opening door. The old dog went sideways over the neighbor's hedge.
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His Bose system rattled her picture window as he cruised the neighborhood; the Beatles exploded out with his opening door.
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Which of these sentences creates the more vivid image? My old, shiny, overstuffed sofa that my parents graciously and freely loaned me at the beginning of my freshman year was slowly and reverently carried down the stairs by Joe, Hector, and Sam, my best friends and roommates, since my fun-filled and enriching college career was drawing to a glorious close. Pens, paper, a detective novel, and a salami sandwich escaped Serina's briefcase as she tripped up the courthouse steps.
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Pens, paper, a detective novel, and a salami sandwich escaped Serina's briefcase as she tripped up the courthouse steps.
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The broad term for the use of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification is called ________.
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figurative language
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A type of writing that paints with words is known as _____.
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descriptive
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An author combines words, phrases, and clauses to create a _____.
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visual image
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Cheerfulness, sadness, or nostalgia in descriptive writing is known as _____.
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dominant mood
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comparison by exaggeration
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hyperbole
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direct comparison
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metaphor
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comparison using like or as
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simile
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comparison giving inanimate objects human qualities
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personification
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". . . neither cast your pearls before swine. . ."
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hyperbole
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"The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord."
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metaphor
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" . . . I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."
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simile
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"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity . . . is not puffed up."
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personification
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