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Diction Analysis
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What does "diction" refer to?
The organization of a writing piece
The author's word choice
Combining fiction and nonfiction
Rules
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What three things does diction depend on?
Occasion, purpose, and topic
Feeling, formality, and function
connotation, denotation, author
Temperature, brightness, and distance
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which word has a positive connotation?
Malignant
Filthy
Melancholic
Enthusiastic
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which word would make the man seem the most angry? "The man stared ______ at his wife."
Solemnly
Morosely
Resentfully
Irritably
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the denotation of "glee"?
A show choir club
Slight apprehension
Great delight
The feeling of flying on cotton candy
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the connotation of "universal"?
Applicable in all cases
Great, expansive, inclusive, slightly formal
Small, scared, weak
A theme park
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Lewis Caroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, mean by this: "I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."?
She can't time travel
She has matured
Because she will be imprisoned in the past
She doesn't want to and she's making excuses
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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