Mini-Lesson 1.17 Text Analysis - Juxtaposition

Multiple Choice

Parallel Structure or Parallelism is...

• joins two complete sentences together

• a repeated grammatical pattern

• how you write the Declaration of Independence

• when two things happen at the same time

Multiple Choice

Planning, drafting, and ____ are three steps in the writing process.

Which word would make this sentence have parallel structure?

• revised

• revision

• revising

Multiple Choice

We looked everywhere for the car keys--under the sofa cushions, _______, and on the counters and tabletops. All along, Andrew had them in the front pocket of his jeans!

• our search included the trash can

• searching for them in the trash can

• in the trash can

• we searched for them in the trash can

Multiple Choice

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues

Multiple Choice

connotation can be described by all of the following EXCEPT

• positive
• negative
• neutral
• synonym

Multiple Choice

Juxtaposition is...

• The figurative comparison between two unlike things

• Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

• A position on the football field

• What readers do when they compare and contrast

Multiple Choice

What rhetorical aspect does juxtaposition rely on for meaning?

• Persuasion

• Comparison and Contrast

• Analysis

• Explication

Multiple Choice

Consider the following saying: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Why is this a juxtaposition example?

• In this case, dogs are being personified as able to learn tricks

• The reverse psychology of this proverb implies that you can indeed learn new things when you’ve gotten older.

• The contrast between old and new demonstrates the difficulty of learning new things at an old age or after getting stuck in one’s ways.

• It is not juxtaposition

Multiple Select

Which of the following is an example of juxtaposition?

• Sula is wild and unconventional (with an ironic last name of Peace), while Nel is virtuous and restrained.

• "Nel, an only child, sat on the steps of her back porch surrounded by the high silence of her mother’s incredibly orderly house, feeling the neatness pointing at her back…”

• “Each time she said the word me there was a gathering in her like power, like joy, like fear."

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1.17 Text Analysis - Juxtaposition (Formative) ​

Turn your book to page 27
We will read pages 27-32 together

Today's Reading Focus:
Introduction to Sula and Nel

Exit Ticket: How does Morrison use juxtaposition to illustrate the complex relationship between Nel and Sula?

Time to Read !!!