AP Lit Diction Quiz

Diction is best defined as

• figurative language

• word choice

• unimportant

• the dictionary definition of words

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

words that express ideas or concepts: love, time, truth

• concrete

• diction

• abstract

• bombast

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

words that can be perceived by the senses

• concrete

• diction

• abstract

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

old-fashioned language. (Thee, thou, thine, ye olde)

• archaic

• bombast

• cliche

• portmanteau

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Pretentious, exaggeratedly learned language. Trying to be eloquent by using the largest, most uncommon words.

• archaic

• bombast

• cliche

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a word or phrase used in place of a person's name or in association with it. (Alexander the Great, Material Girl, Ms. Know-it-all)

• epithet

• portmanteau

• bombast

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

 An over-used, worn-out, hackneyed expression that used to be fresh but is no more. Ex: Blushing bride.

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• jargon

• didactic

• euphemism

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

From the Greek, literally means “ teaching."

• jargon

• didactic

• euphemism

• double entendre

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3