Test: Writing terms - 19 Questions

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  1. A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
  2. A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing.
  3. A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness.
  4. How an author writes; an author’s use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author’s intent andtheme.
  5. A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
  6. The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

6 True/False Question

  1. Focus: → The center of interest or attention.

          

  2. Conventions of language: → Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness.

          

  3. Compare: → The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer.

          

  4. Paraphrase → Restate text or passage in other words, often to clarify meaning or show understanding.

          

  5. Sources Primary → The center of interest or attention.

          

  6. Secondary Sources → Text and/or artifacts used when researching that are derived from something original.

          

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