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Critical Vocab Quiz #2

Authored by Helen Lester

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Critical Vocab Quiz #2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Denotation

Aphorism

Connotation

Dialect

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the literal or primary meaning of a word

Denotation

Idioms

Colloquial language

Intensifiers

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an adverb used to give force or emphasis

Jargon

Intensifiers

Dialect

Superlatives

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the highest degree of comparison

Superlative

Intensifier

Connotation

Didactic

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Irony

Idiom

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the linguistic style used for casual communication

Loaded language fallacy

Highly charged language

Colloquial language

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations in order to invoke an emotional response and/or exploit stereotypes

Aphorism

Highly charged language

Loaded language fallacy

Idiom

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

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