Analysis and Literary Terms

An author's word choice is called

• figurative languague

• tone

• diction

• the narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tone is

• the author or speaker's attitude toward the subject

• the way a piece of literature makes the reader feel

• the author's decision to use complex or simple vocabulary

• what point of view the author chooses to tell a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is not a type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• commentary

• simile

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Hemingway Code Hero?

• grace under pressure

• loses on their own terms

• suffers emotionally and/or physically

• faces challenges with a group of sidekicks

Which is not true of Ernest Hemingway?

• known for using simple language

• lived in Florida, Cuba and France

• he started with newspaper writing

• he was an animal rights activist that hated hunting

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which of the following is an example of metaphor without personification?

• His stare was ice on my soul.

• His stare was bigger than the Eiffel Tower.

• His eyes danced across my fragile heart.

• His eyes were like dried watermelon seeds, lifeless and vacant.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The topic sentence of a single paragraph analysis response should

• start with your most important piece of evidence

• answer the big question

• Lay out how you are going to present your assertions

• tell the reader what tone the author is using

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is a good example of presenting text evidence when analyzing diction in an analysis paragraph?

• "He came out unendlingly." This implies he's big.

• The word "unendingly" gives the fish an almost mythic size.

• "unendingly, poured and bulged" show its an enormous fish.

• He uses the word unendlingly to describe the fish.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How many "chunks" of analysis should you have for a single paragraph response?

• one or more

• two

• three

• at least two

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A chunk of analysis includes all of the following but

• commentary

• assertion

• topic sentence

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2