Matching Quizzes in the Writing Style and Structure Category

Example: Allegory: Plato, Republic, Book X "The Cave" Anonymous, "Hymn of the Pearl", Ballad: Anonymous, "The Unquiet Grave" (Folk Ballad), Epic: Gilgamesh, Myth: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Example: You don't have to be Shakespeare to write poetry.: Allusion, I'm so tired, I could sleep for a hundred years.: Hyperbole, "and baby now we've got bad blood": Alliteration, His stare was stone cold.: Metaphor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story

Example: Theme: lesson or moral in the story, Drama: play, Poem: collection of words that express emotions, Details: events in story

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

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

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