FSA Reading 9/10

What is the difference between tone and mood in literature?

• Tone is what your voice sounds like while mood is how you feel.

• Tone is the emotion or attitude of the speaker while mood is the overall emotion or atmosphere.

• Tone is the overall emotion or atmosphere while mood is the emotion or attitude of the speaker.

• Tone is the message you get from a passage while mood is the main idea.

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What is the theme of a literary text?

• The characters' personalities

• The emotion of the main speaker

• The message or "moral"

• The main idea

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What is the connotation of a word or phrase?

• The emotion of the speaker using the word.

• The dictionary definition

• The correct spelling

• The associated emotions and imagery

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How do you figure out what a word means in context (rather than looking it up? Select all that apply.

• You look at the surrounding words.

• You look at the root of the word.

• You make a random guess.

• You think about the overall plot and associations.

• You pick the answer the sounds the best.

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How do you get full points on a short response question? Select all that apply.

• You make your answer sound really fancy.

• You write in complete sentences.

• You elaborate on your answer using specific examples or evidence.

• You start your sentence with "because".

• You use big words to show how smart you are.

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What does it mean to compare two things?

• To look for similarities

• To look for differences

• To analyze one thing in detail

• To look for pros and cons

Select all of the main types of figurative language.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

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What is hyperbole?

• Comparing two unlike things.

• Referencing an outside concept or text.

• Giving non-humans, human traits.

• Exaggerating to make a point.

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What is an allusion?

• Comparing two unlike things.

• Referencing an outside concept or text.

• Giving a non-human, human traits.

• Exaggerating to make a point.

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What is the rhetorical device of parallelism?

• Repeating the exact same words over and over.

• Two lines that have the same slope.

• Repeating similar sentence structures or phrases over and over.

• Repeating the same themes over and over.

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