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Author's Style

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The listeners, views or readers of a work

a)

Sentence fluency

b)

Word Choice

c)

Audience

d)

Tone

2.

What is the difference between sentence fluency and sentence variation?

a)

Sentence fluency is about the length of the sentence and variation is about the words in the sentence.

b)

Fluency is about the length of sentences and variation is about the thoughts in the sentence

c)

Fluency is about how the sentences flow and variation is about the word choice in the sentences.

d)

Sentence fluency is about how the sentences sound and flow. Variation is about the length of the sentences.

3.

Mood is mainly about the feelings of the ....

a)

Author

b)

Audience

c)

Characters

d)

No one

4.

Tone is mainly about the feelings of the...

a)

Audience

b)

Author

c)

Characters

d)

No one

5.

When an author uses figurative language in their writing this is an example of what author's style technique?

a)

Word Choice

b)

Mood

c)

Tone

d)

Sentence fluency

6.
The definition of author's style is...
a)
a writer's unique way of communicating ideas using word choice, sentence structure, imagery, point of view, voice, and tone.
b)
a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.
c)
giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.
d)
a form of language that is spoken in a particular region by people who live there.
7.
In the line below, what kind of technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"So far, so good. On duty at 10 o'clock...a few words about the ice problem with Lookout Reginald Lee, who shared the same watch...a few more words about the cold...but mostly just silence, as the two stared into the darkness."
a)
sentence length and punctuation
b)
imagery and tone
c)
point of view and voice
d)
word choice
8.
In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called 'Whiskers 'round the Light'--tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."
a)
imagery
b)
tone
c)
point of view
d)
sentence length
9.
In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"Appleton felt hardly any shock at all, but she noticed an unpleasant ripping sound...like someone tearing a long, long strip of calico."
a)
imagery
b)
personification
c)
sentence length
d)
tone
10.
In the line below, what technique is the author using in order to create his/her style?
"As he looked through the glass, he saw a wall of ice glide by."
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
tone
d)
puntuation
11.
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
a)
Her hair is red.
b)
She talks really loudly.
c)
She gets really angry. 
d)
She spits when she talks. 
12.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
13.
Treasure Island (an excerpt) 
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow – a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards.
What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?
a)
He is in need of first aid.
b)
He is likely carrying treasure in his sea-chest.
c)
He has grown frail and tired with old age.
d)
He has had a rough and adventurous life.
14.

Repetition

a)

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

b)

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

c)

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

d)

a statement of the similarities among two or more people, events, ideas, etc.

15.

"A writer's reason for crafting a particular work" is the definition for which term:

a)

Author's Perspective

b)

Author's Tone

c)

Author's Purpose

d)

Author's Style

16.
Diction refers to...
a)
An author's style
b)
An author's choice of words and syntax
c)
An author's tone
d)
An author's perspective
17.
Author's perspective refers to the unique combination of...
a)
ideas, values and beliefs
b)
tone, diction, and voice
c)
tone, purpose, and syntax
d)
voice, style, and imagery
18.
Syntax is...
a)
An author's word choice
b)
the author's attitude
c)
The personality that comes across on the page
d)
an arrangement of words into sentences
19.
Look at the following excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne: 
"She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes."
Which of the following best describes his style?
a)
formal and ornate
b)
playful and informal
c)
confusing and serious
d)
loving and nostalgic 
20.
Look at the following excerpt from Gloria Naylor:
"She loaded that baby down with every name in the book: Charles Somebody Harrison Somebody-Else Duvall.  We called him Chick.  That's what he looked like, toddling around: little pecan head sitting on a scrawny neck, two bright buttons for eyes, and a feathery mess of hair she couldn't keep slicked down for nothing."
Which of the following best describes her style?
a)
formal and ornate
b)
playful and informal
c)
confusing and serious
d)
loving and nostalgic