AP Lit Diction Quiz

Diction is best defined as

• figurative language

• word choice

• unimportant

• the dictionary definition of words

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• concrete

• diction

• abstract

• bombast

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

words that can be perceived by the senses

• concrete

• diction

• abstract

• cliche

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• archaic

• bombast

• cliche

• portmanteau

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• archaic

• bombast

• cliche

• epithet

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• cliche

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• cliche

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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

• jargon

• didactic

• euphemism

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

From the Greek, literally means “ teaching."

• jargon

• didactic

• euphemism

• double entendre

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4