Literary and Informational Texts Flashcards

A passage shifts from praising a city's growth to listing its traffic and pollution problems. This shift signals the author's:

Answer: More balanced or critical perspective

Moving from praise to problems shows the author taking a more balanced, critical view.

"Time is a thief that steals our youth." This sentence is an example of:

Answer: Personification

Giving time the human ability to steal is personification.

Which is the best objective summary of a memoir chapter about the author overcoming stage fright to win a debate?

Answer: The author conquered fear of public speaking and succeeded in a debate

A good summary states the main events neutrally without added opinion.

An author includes a chart showing test scores rising after a tutoring program. The chart most directly serves to:

Answer: Provide evidence for the program's effectiveness

The visual data supports the claim that the tutoring program worked.

Two reviews of the same film reach opposite conclusions. The most likely reason is that the reviewers:

Answer: Emphasized different aspects and applied different criteria

Differing judgments often arise when writers weigh different elements by different standards.

In the line "the wind whispered through the wheat," the repeated 'w' sound is an example of:

Answer: Alliteration

Repetition of the initial consonant sound across nearby words is alliteration.

A writer states, "Critics call the policy a disaster, but the data tell a different story." The phrase "but the data tell a different story" signals that the author will:

Answer: Challenge the critics using evidence

The contrast word 'but' shows the author will use data to counter the critics.