Glossary Test 5

Question 1

Division

Answer 1

breaking down a single large unit into smaller subunits

Question 2

Dominant Impression

Answer 2

the single mood, atmosphere, or quality a writer emphasizes in a piece of descriptive writing

Question 3

Draft

Answer 3

a version of a piece of writing at a particular stage in the writing process

Question 4

Editing

Answer 4

the writer makes his or her prose conform to the conventions of the language

Question 5

Elegy

Answer 5

music, literature, dance, or art that expresses sorrow and mourns the loss of something

Question 6

Ellipsis

Answer 6

the omission of a word or words that are superfluous

Question 7

Emphasis

Answer 7

the placement of important ideas and words within sentences and longer units of writing so that they have the greatest impact

Question 8

Epanalepsis

Answer 8

the repetition of the initial part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence

Question 9

Essay

Answer 9

a short piece of nonfiction in which the writer attempts to make one or more closely related points

Question 10

Ethos

Answer 10

the characteristic spirit or ideal that informs a work