Genre & Text Types
What type of text is written to inform the public about recent events using facts and quotes?
What is an Article?
What is the effect of using imagery in descriptive writing?
What is it creates vivid mental pictures and appeals to the senses?
What is the difference between connotation and denotation?
What is connotation is the emotional meaning; denotation is the dictionary definition?
100: What is the main purpose of a public service announcement?
What is to inform or educate the public about important issues, promote safety, or encourage positive behavior?
How does a memoir differ from a diary entry?
What is a memoir is written for publication and reflects on life events; a diary entry is private and records daily thoughts?
What type of text is written by individuals to share personal travel experiences, tips, and photos, often updated online and written in a casual tone?
What is travel blog?
What literary device repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of words?
What is Alliteration?
What is the effect of using asyndeton in a sentence?
What is it creates a fast pace and emphasizes urgency or emotion?
Who is the intended audience of a school newsletter?
What is students, staff, and families?
What’s the difference between a review and an editorial?
What is a review evaluates a product or performance; an editorial expresses opinion on current issues?
What genre uses factual reporting to uncover hidden truths or corruption?
What is investigative journalism?
What is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses?
What is epiphora?
What type of sentence gives a command?
What is imperative sentence?
300: How does the purpose of a memoir differ from that of an auto biography?
What is a memoir focuses on specific personal experiences or themes, while an autobiography provides a chronological account of the author’s entire life.
How is a podcast different from a speech?
What is a podcast is recorded and often conversational; a speech is live and formal?
What genre is typically used to share opinions on current political events?
What is an Editorial?
What is the effect of anaphora in a speech?
What is to emphasizes key ideas and creates rhythm
What is “triadic structure” also known as?
What is Rule of Three?
Who is the intended audience of a government-issued public health warning?
What is the general public?
How does a travel blog differ from travel writing in a magazine or travelogue?
What is a travel blog is typically personal, informal, and updated online with subjective experiences; travel writing is written to inform reading of the logistics of travel?
What genre presents factual information, data, and expert analysis in a structured format?
What is scientific report
What is the effect of polysyndeton in a dramatic monologue?
What is to slows the pace, adds emphasis to each item listed, or adds detail?
How does chiasmus differ from repetition?
What is chiasmus reverses the order of ideas; repetition repeats them exactly?
500: Who is the audience for a political campaign ad aired during a televised debate?
What is undecided voters and the general public?
What’s the difference between a rhetorical question and hypophora?
What is a rhetorical question is asked without expecting an answer; hypophora asks a question and immediately answers it?