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Describe a writer's style through wording, line construction, imagery, repetition, organization and voice.
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Read: "Aling Rosa swept the yard. The dust rose. She stopped. She looked at the mango tree. She swept again." Which feature of this writer's style stands out?
Read: "The jeepney rolled past the wet market, past the chapel with its cracked bell, past the racks of dried fish, and past the barefoot boys who chased it." Which describes this writer's line construction?
Read these lines: "Kapitan, the flood took the rice. / Kapitan, the flood took the pig. / Kapitan, the flood took the roof we built." Which stylistic habit shapes them?
Read: "At dawn the barangay hums: tricycles cough, roosters argue, a radio hisses, and a sari-sari store shutter rattles open." Which kind of imagery does this writer prefer?
Passage 1: "Rain fell. The street shone. Lita ran." Passage 2: "Rain fell on the street until it shone, and Lita ran through it laughing." Which stylistic feature separates the two?
Passage 1: "Nanay cooked food." Passage 2: "Nanay stirred the tinola, dropped in green papaya, and lifted the ladle to taste." Which stylistic difference is clearest?
Read: "Mang Ariel says the rains are near. He reads the sky, the ants on the wall, the smell of the turned ground." Which describes this writer's word choice?
Read: "You know this street. You have smelled the burning leaves here. You have run home ahead of the rain." Which feature gives this writing its voice?
Read: "The bangka was gone by morning. It started three nights earlier, when Tatay tied it to the old post instead of the new one." How does this writer order the material?
Read these lines: "The tide comes in. / The nets go out. / The lamps go dark." Which describes how the lines are built?
One writer builds a paragraph by starting sentence after sentence with the same words. Which passage shows that habit?
One writer fills a scene with smells instead of sights. Which passage shows that habit?
One writer cuts a sentence down to a single word to give it weight. Which passage shows that habit?
One writer asks a question and answers it in the very next line. Which passage shows that habit?
One writer strings a whole scene together with the word and. Which passage shows that habit?
One writer names each thing exactly instead of using general words. Which passage shows that habit?
Two writers describe one fiesta. Ana writes: "Drums. Dust. Candles." Ben writes: "The drums beat while dust rose around the slow candles." Which habit belongs to Ana?
Read: "'Buy na po kayo,' called Bino. 'How much?' asked a woman. 'Twenty pesos.' 'Ten.' 'Fifteen po.'" Which feature shapes this passage?
Read: "Marites steps off the boat. She lifts her bag. She does not look back at the island." Which choice marks this writer's style here?
Read: "Beyond the reef, the sky is white. Nearer, the boats lean. At my feet, a crab digs into wet sand." How is this description ordered?
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