Unit 6

Question 1

A work that seeks to state a point of view, discuss a subject, or persuade reader to accept an argument

Answer 1

Essay

Question 2

A type of essay in which the writer adopts an impersonal, authoritative tone, and models highly organized structure

Answer 2

Formal Essay

Question 3

A type of essay in which the writer adopts a friendly or conversational tone with the reader (also known as a personal essay)

Answer 3

Informal Essay

Question 4

A brief work of prose or fiction

Answer 4

Short Story

Question 5

A series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal.

Answer 5

Plot

Question 6

A secondary plot within a piece of literature that accompanies the main plot yet is lesser in importance or significant

Answer 6

Subplot

Question 7

The part of a story’s plot that introduces the reader to the setting, the characters, and the situation

Answer 7

Exposition

Question 8

The occurrence that sets the events of conflict in motion

Answer 8

Inciting Incident

Question 9

The events that lead up to the crisis in a story

Answer 9

Rising Action

Question 10

The plots major turning point at which something happens that affects the outcome of the story and determines the future of the main character

Answer 10

Crisis

Question 11

The plot’s moment of highest emotional intensity

Answer 11

Climax

Question 12

The events that unfold the results of the crisis and lead to the conclusion

Answer 12

Falling Action

Question 13

The last element of the plot in which the major complications are explained or settled

Answer 13

Denouement

Question 14

The perspective or angle from which a story is told

Answer 14

Point of View

Question 15

The narrator tells his story in third person, and as the storyteller he “knows all”

Answer 15

Omniscient Point of View

Question 16

The narrator tells the story in third person but “gets inside” only one of the characters, usually the central characters

Answer 16

Limited - Omniscient Point of View

Question 17

The narrator, one of the story’s characters, refers to himself as “I” throughout the piece

Answer 17

First Person Point of View

Question 18

Characteristics of Essay:

Answer 18

It is a short prose composition
It discusses a particular topic in a nontechnical way
It expresses the thoughts and opinions of the writer

Question 19

Informal and formal essays differ in: voice

Answer 19

Formal essays use an impersonal but authoritative voice while informal essays are more relaxed using the voice of the writer himself.

Question 20

Informal and formal essays differ in : tone

Answer 20

Formal essays take a more serious tone, informal essays can take a wide range from humorous to reflective to reminiscent and more.

Question 21

Informal and formal essays differ in : structure

Answer 21

Formal essays tend to be very structured and organized in order to present a logical argument in favor of the writer’s position. Informal essays have a more relaxed structure and may even seem to wander about in a chatty way.

Question 22

Generally speaking, essays are

Answer 22

Nonfictional.

Question 23

Short Stories contain the same basic elements as the

Answer 23

Novel

Question 24

From the authors’ and readers’ viewpoints, the strengths of short stories compared to novels is:

Answer 24

They resolve conflict and communicate theme more quickly
They can more easily drive home one main theme
They are easier to read.

Question 25

How to Get Things Done is written from the

Answer 25

First person point of view

Question 26

How to Get Things Dine is a piece that exhibits

Answer 26

Verbal irony and structural irony

Question 27

How to Get Things Done qualifies as an

Answer 27

Informal essay because it is humorous and light in tone, the voice is that of the writer chatting to acquaintances and the structure is less methodically organized and more relaxed.