Exam Practive

The words an author chooses to introduce his/her work to the reader

• title

• introduction

• preview

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

the voice we hear talking in the poem, the "I"

• narrator

• point-of-view

• first person

• speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

words that give clear description of the way things smell, taste, sound, look, or feel

• senses

• description

• imagery

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the technical, "dictionary" definition of a word

• denotation

• connotation

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a person's associations with a word, the meaning the reader brings to it

• denotation

• diction

• connotation

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the author's opinion of the topic of writing (the emotion)

• opinion

• tone

• atmosphere

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the words an author chooses to describe or convey meaning

Answer explanation

Diction is the literary term for "the words an author chooses"

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• figurative

• literal

• for real language

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

several non literal techniques that allow an author to emphasize description

• descriptive techniques

• imagery

• figures of speech

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

comparison technique saying one thing is like another

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D