Literary Analysis Terminology

What is DICTION?

• an author's choice of words

• the length of an author's sentence

• the simple language found in a text message

• it is used to create an effect of surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following are ways to describe DICTION?

• natural order

• colloquial

• concrete

• inverted

• euphonious

A word can carry an exact, denotative meaning and a meaning that is associative and _________.

What is the difference between "The beach was amazing", and "The beach was hot"?

• One sentence is true and the other sentence is false.

• One is a simple sentence and the other is fragment.

• One is a rhetorical question while the other is declarative.

• One detail is abstract and the other is concrete.

A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one subordinate clause is called

• periodic

• compound-complex

• complex

• loose

Which of the following sentence forms contains at least two independent clauses?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

What is the appropriate term to describe this sentence's order? "After the farmer's wife the three blind mice run."

• split

• inverted

• juxtaposed

• natural

"Wear a mask" is an example of which type of sentence?

• interrogative

• commanding

• imperative

• exclamatory

If a sentence makes complete sense before the sentence closes, this sentence is described as

• loose

• wordy

• periodic

• natural

When words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm or create emphasis, which device is being used?

• paradox

• parallel structure

• apostrophe

• repetition