ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

The key characteristics of expository prose are _____.style, organization, and appropriate vocabulary

style, plot, and characters

characters, style, and organization

appropriate vocabulary, plot, and characters

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Answer 1
Answer: The key characteristics of expository prose are style, organization, and appropriate vocabulary. This type of prose should be precise and clear and should not contain any qualifiers such as words like: pretty, very, and little. 

When writing expository prose, focus more on using adverbs, adjectives, and verbs to make your writing precise and unique. 

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What factors affect an author’s viewpoint?

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The factors that affect the author’s viewpoint are:

1.       The reader’s comments on his or her work.

2.       His or her everyday life and the traditions that he or she adapts

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The word efflorescence means "a blossoming forth". What does the word part escence mean? A) flower. B) bringing to completion. C) state of beginning.

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The correct answer is C) state of beginning..

The word -escence means a state of becoming or just simply a state of beginning. It is actually a suffix that is added to a word. Thus, efflorescence means a blossoming forth because the suffix -escence means a state of becoming. So the correct answer is C. state of beginning. I hope this answer helped you.    

Indirect characterization is __________ by the author. a. inferred b. implied c. directly given d. justified

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Indirect characterization is B. implied by the author. It cannot be inferred by the author, because that means understood - this type of characterization can be inferred by the reader, rather than the author. And if characterization is indirect, than it cannot be directly given. D makes no sense, so that would also be an incorrect answer.
The amswer is B. Implied

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?a. Many literary devices found in drama, novels, and short stories can also be found in poetry.
b. Juxtaposition attaches human characteristics to objects.
c. A symbol can represent a philosophy, idea, thought, or emotion.
d. Metaphors are often used to describe symbols.

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From the choices provided, the false statement is:

b. Juxtaposition attaches human characteristics to objects.

Juxtaposition only compares human characteristics with each other in order to create contrast and comparisons for an effectual rhetorical effect. It is also used to illustrate the development of the characters.

An author is skillful at representing the point of view and attitudes of a hobo, a nurse, a corporate CEO, and a variety of other diverse characters, the author is demonstratingA. dramatic irony.
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C. Negative Capability

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