Imagery, diction and syntax 21

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

My fingers lingered on the familiar leaves....

• sight

• taste

• smell

• touch

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CCSS.W.8.3D

Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence?

The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.

• taste

• sight

• touch

• smell

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CCSS.W.8.3D

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Language that allows the reader to form a visual image

• connotation

• imagery

• slang

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3D

Syntax is the study of_______________.

• Word formation
• How language is used to communicate within its situational context
• Linguistic meaning
• Phrases, clauses, and sentences

Arrangement of words or phrases in a sentence

• syntax
• diction
• assonance 
• repetition

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CCSS.W.8.4

Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses and helps create mental images 

• imagery
• hyperbole
• litote
• symbolism 

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3D

2. The narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee can best be described as

• immature

• fleeting

• casual

• intense

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

11. What is the poem's topic?

• The danger of living too close to the sea

• The problems of getting along with your in-laws

• Love that can never be returned

• The death of a loved one

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CCSS.RL.8.2

12. The poem's theme concerns feelings of

• delight

• love and loss

• pity

• regret

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CCSS.RL.8.2