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Elements of Style

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What style of writing tells a story?

a)

Narrative

b)

Descriptive

c)

Expository

d)

Persuasive

2.

What type of diction is conversational writing?

a)

Formal

b)

Informal

c)

Pedantic

d)

Poetic

3.

What type of syntax relays information directly?

a)

Declarative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Imperative

d)

Exclamatory

4.

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

a)

Narrative

b)

Expository

c)

Descriptive

d)

Persuasive

5.

What type of diction uses sophisticated word choice?

a)

Formal

b)

Informal

c)

Pedantic

d)

Poetic

6.

What type of syntax asks a question?

a)

Declarative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Imperative

d)

Exclamatory

7.

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

a)

Expository

b)

Narrative

c)

Descriptive

d)

Persuasive

8.

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

a)

Formal

b)

Informal

c)

Pedantic

d)

Poetic

9.

What sort of syntax issues a command or instruction?

a)

Declarative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Imperative

d)

Exclamatory

10.

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

a)

Expository

b)

Narrative

c)

Descriptive

d)

Persuasive

11.

What type of diction is academic and seeks to educate?

a)

Formal

b)

Informal

c)

Pedantic

d)

Poetic

12.

What kind of syntax expresses a strong emotion?

a)

Declarative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Imperative

d)

Exclamatory