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Literary Analysis Terminology

Authored by Jennifer Touchstone

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Literary Analysis Terminology
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are ways to describe DICTION?

natural order

colloquial

concrete

inverted

euphonious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

periodic

compound-complex

complex

loose

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

simple sentence

compound sentence

complex sentence

compound-complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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