Vocabulary for Fiction and Poetry Quiz 1

A verbal expression of a sensory experience, appealing to any of the senses

• setting

• irony

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A metaphor extend over several lines of a work

• extended metaphor

• extended figurative language

• extended simile

• extended word choice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A speaker’s attitude as expressed through stylistic choices is

• style

• attitude

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Meanings or associations readers have with a word beyond the literal definition

• associative words

• connotations

• denotations

• multiple meanings

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• minimalistic

• smaller

• understatement

• underestimate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A writer’s choice of words

• diction

• syntax

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The literal definition of a word; the “dictionary definition”

• literary term

• connotation

• denotation

• part of speech

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A figure of speech in which usually helps to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something familiar

• anaolgy

• paradox

• synecdoche

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Use of sophisticated, academic language without slang

• informal diction

• proper language

• formal diction

• colloquialism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

A statement that seems contradictory but reveals a surprising truth

• analogy

• paradox

• metaphor

• simile