Non- Fiction

Question 1

Mode of discourse

Answer 1

A method the writer uses to have a conversation with the reader

Question 2

Thesis statement

Answer 2

The major point of an essay, containing a subject and an opinion about that subject

Question 3

Author’s purpose

Answer 3

The reason why the author writes the essay

Question 4

Essay unity

Answer 4

The state when every sentence in the essay relates to the thesis statement

Question 5

Style

Answer 5

The unique way an author presents his ideas

Question 6

Subordination

Answer 6

The process of giving one idea less emphasis than another idea in a sentence

Question 7

Rhetorical Question

Answer 7

A question that does not require an answer because the answer is obvious

Question 8

Coherence

Answer 8

The trait that creates an orderly logical pattern that is easy to understand

Question 9

4 sentence structures

Answer 9

Simple sentence
Complex sentence
Compound sentence
Compound- complex sentence

Question 10

4 sentence types

Answer 10

Declarative Sentence
Interrogative Sentence
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence

Question 11

9 rhetorical strategies

Answer 11

Description
Narration
Exemplification
Comparison/ contrast
Cause and effect
Classification/ division 
Process analysis
Argumentation
Definition

Question 12

2 methods of developing comparison/ contrast

Answer 12

Block method

Point- by- point method

Question 13

4 modes of discourse

Answer 13

Exposition
Narration
Description
Argument/ Persuasion

Question 14

6 author’s purposes

Answer 14

To persuade, motivate
To inform 
To entertain or amuse
To question
To elicit an emotional response 
To ridicule or mock

Question 15

4 types of humor

Answer 15

Slap- stick
Shared experience
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition of opposites

Question 16

Stanza

Answer 16

The grouping of two or more lines in a poem

Question 17

3 rhetorical appeals

Answer 17

Ethical Appeals
Emotional Appeals
Logical Appeals

Question 18

3 forms of intensifying

Answer 18

Repetition
Association
Composition

Question 19

3 forms of downplaying

Answer 19

Omission
Diversion
Confusion

Question 20

4 types of essay organization

Answer 20

1. Chronological order
2. Space order
3. Order of importance
4. One extreme to another

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

An extreme exaggeration

Question 22

Diction

Answer 22

The author’s choice of words

Question 23

Parody

Answer 23

An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work

Question 24

Satire

Answer 24

A work that ridicules humans or social institutions

Question 25

3 main forms of satire

Answer 25

Parody
Monologue
Narrative

Question 26

2 types of satire

Answer 26

Horatian Satire

Juvenalian Satire