Matching Quizzes in the Writing Style and Structure Category

This section covers writing and the structure of various forms of writing, including prose and poetry, novels, short stories, and paragraph structure.

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  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 3 (6 words)
    Example: Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry: Vociferous, An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group: Chiefdom, Decorative cover for a bed: Counterpane, Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water: Lave
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 3 (6 words)
    Example: Overlapping in duration: Concurrently, Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease: Inoculation, Emitting an odor, having a natural fragrance: Odoriferous, Having an illustrious reputation; respected: Prestigious
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (5 words)
    Example: Liveliness and eagerness: Alacrity, Force somebody to do something: Oblige, The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose: Port, The right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose: Starboard
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (6 words)
    Example: The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks: Croupe, A despicable coward: Dastard, Invulnerable to fear or intimidation: Dauntless, In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit: Frenetically
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 4 (7 words)
    Example: Addition or extra material or illustration or clarifying detail: Amplification, To come between (intervene): Invenio, Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation: Colloquial, A noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun: Gerund
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 5 (5 words)
    Example: An opinionated article submitted to an newspaper or magazine for publication: Op-Ed, Opposite Editorial, The practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software: Cyber Piracy, An offensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh: Euphemism, Something causing misery or death: Bane
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 5 (5 words)
    Example: An analytic or interpretive literary composition: Essay, The act of rescuing a ship, its crew, or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire: Salvage, An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument: Thesis, The right of the state to take private property for public use (5th Amendment): Eminent Domain
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 6 (7 words)
    Example: Someone who offers opposition: Antagonist, Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: Irony, The principal character in a work of fiction: Protagonist, A series or sharp, distinct sounds: Staccato
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • IEW Structure & Style Quiz 2 (4 words)
    Example: A group of many islands in a large body of water: Archipelago, A peninsula in Southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey: Asia Minor, A popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained: Legend, Natural abilities or qualities: Talent
    Created 2023-05-29
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: a poem in which the speaker reflects on death: elegy, a form of nonfiction in which a writer provides a true account of another persons life: biography, the way an author creates and develops a subject's character: characterization, how an author uses literary techniques and narrative elements: author's craft
    Created 2023-05-22
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: story line: plot, literature meant to be performed by actors: drama, instructions on how to perform a drama, often in parenthesis: stage directions, events are told in order in a play: linear plot
    Created 2023-05-22
  • 8th grade Final Exam (7 words)
    Example: story line: plot, literature meant to be performed by actors: drama, instructions on how to perform a drama, often in parenthesis: stage directions, events are told in order in a play: linear plot
    Created 2023-05-22
  • Essay Key Terms (7 words)
    Example: Topic: What the essay is going to be about, Thesis: The opinion or argument of an essay-what the writer is trying to get the reader to understand., Grabber: The first sentence of an essay- that gets the reader’s attention, Title: The name of an essay
    Created 2022-08-25
  • Types of Text Structure (6 words)
    Example: gives evidence of a problem and one or more ways to solve it.: Problem/Solution, tells the characteristics of a topic.: Description, states a main idea or claim and gives details or evidence to support it.: Claim/Support, relates a sequence of events or steps in a process.: Chronological/Sequential
    Created 2019-10-28
  • Literay Vocabulary (7 words)
    Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story
    Created 2019-09-05
  • Literay Vocabulary (7 words)
    Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story
    Created 2019-09-05
  • ELA Quiz (7 words)
    Example: Theme: the message of the story, Central Idea: the point of the story, Supporting Evidence: sentences from the story that prove your claim, Objective Summary: just the facts, no opinion
    Created 2019-08-22
  • Figurative Language (7 words)
    Example: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid : None of the above, The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.: Simile, She was as brave as a lion. : Metaphor, A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.: Personification
    Created 2019-02-21
  • Figurative Language (7 words)
    Example: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid : None of the above, The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.: Simile, She was as brave as a lion. : Metaphor, A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.: Personification
    Created 2019-02-21
  • Nouns (4 words)
    Example: No "s", only 1.: Singular, "S" at the end. Means more than one.: Plural, Name of a person, place, or thing. Starts with a captial letter.: Proper, A noun without a specific name. Starts with a lowercase letter.: Common
    Created 2019-01-09

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