Please Fill in the Blanks:
a.) diction
b.) thesis statement
c.) parallel structure
d.) theme
e.) in medias res
f.) ambiguous
g.) objective
1.) A summary of a text should be ______, free from bias or personal judgment.
2.) Using ______ (using the same grammatical structure to express related ideas) in your writing creates sentences that are balanced and organized.
3.) Not all stories have clear themes; some have ______ themes, which are open to more than one interpretation.
4.) An author's word choice, or ______, should be clear, vivid, and precise.
5.) A(n) ______ is one or two sentences that state the focus of a piece of writing.
6.) ______ is a technique in which a narrative begins telling the story in the middle, at a crucial point in the action.
7.) The ______ of a story reveals a truth about human nature or life and, often, the author's attitude toward life.
