Nonfiction 1/2 Test

Question 1

Thesis statement

Answer 1

The major point of an essay containing a subject and an assertion about the subject

Question 2

Essay unity

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Style

Answer 3

The unique way an author presents his ideas

Question 4

Subordination

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Rhetorical Question

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Coherence

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A direct comparison of unlike things

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

A comparison of unlike things using like or as

Question 9

Symbol

Answer 9

A concrete object with two meanings, a literal meaning and a secondary meaning

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

The giving of human qualities to something that is not human (physical traits, actions, or emotions)

Question 11

Allegory

Answer 11

The use of characters, objects, or events to represent other ideas

Question 12

Image

Answer 12

A description of something that can be perceived by the senses

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

The repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

The repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry

Question 15

Tone

Answer 15

The way the writer feels about the subject or the reader

Question 16

Persona

Answer 16

The speaker of the poem

Question 17

Stanza

Answer 17

A grouping of two or more lines in a poem

Question 18

Rhyme scheme

Answer 18

The pattern in which the rhymes occur

Question 19

Setting

Answer 19

The physical and emotional background of the story

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

Something that seems one way, but in reality is different

Question 21

Situational Irony

Answer 21

A situation that occurs that neither the reader nor the character expects

Question 22

Dramatic irony

Answer 22

A truth that the reader knows but the character does now know

Question 23

Allusion

Answer 23

A reference to something well known from the past

Question 24

Verbal irony

Answer 24

A statement that says the opposite of what is meant

Question 25

Theme

Answer 25

The point that the writer makes about life or people

Question 26

Conflict

Answer 26

The struggle between opposing forces

Question 27

Plot

Answer 27

The pattern of events

Question 28

Foreshadowing

Answer 28

Hinting at something that will happen later in the story

Question 29

5 types of point of view

Answer 29

First Person Narrator
Second Person Narrator
Third Person Omniscient Narrator
Third Person Limited Omniscient Narrator
Third Person Objective Narrator

Question 30

6 ways to reveal character

Answer 30

1) Describe his actions.
2) Describe his physical features.
3) Describe the setting in which he lives.
4) Describe his past.
5) Have other characters describe him.
6) Describe his thoughts.

Question 31

3 stages of an initiation story

Answer 31

1) A young person starts out innocent.
2) A young person encounters something harsh.
3) A young person has an epiphany, a realization about the harshness of life.

Question 32

4 sentence structures

Answer 32

Simple Sentence
Complex Sentence
Compound Sentence
Compound-Complex Sentence

Question 33

4 sentence types

Answer 33

Declarative sentence
Interrogative sentence
Imperative sentence
Exclamatory sentence

Question 34

9 rhetorical strategies

Answer 34

1) Description
2) Narration
3) Exemplification
4) Comparison/Contrast
5) Cause and Effect
6) Classification/Division
7) Process Analysis
8) Argumentation
9) Definition

Question 35

2 methods of developing comparison or contrast

Answer 35

Block method

Point-by-point method

Question 36

4 modes of discourse

Answer 36

Exposition
Narration
Description
Argument/Persuasion

Question 37

4 types of essay organization

Answer 37

Chronological order
Space order
Order of importance
One extreme to another

Question 38

6 author’s purposes

Answer 38

1) to inform
2) to entertain or amuse
3) to persuade, motivate, or argue
4) to question
5) to elicit an emotional response
6) to ridicule or mock

Question 39

4 types of humor

Answer 39

Slap-stick
Shared experience
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition of opposites

Question 40

Mode of discourse

Answer 40

A method that the writer used to have a conversation with the reader