Elements of Style

What style of writing tells a story?

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Persuasive

What type of diction is conversational writing?

• Formal

• Informal

• Pedantic

• Poetic

What type of syntax relays information directly?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

What style of writing tries to convince the reader of something?

• Narrative

• Expository

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

What type of diction uses sophisticated word choice?

• Formal

• Informal

• Pedantic

• Poetic

What type of syntax asks a question?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

What type of style creates a vivid image in the reader's mind?

• Expository

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

What sort of diction is lyrical and relies on the way that words sound?

• Formal

• Informal

• Pedantic

• Poetic

What sort of syntax issues a command or instruction?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

What style of writing is meant to educate or inform its readers?

• Expository

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Persuasive