Vocabulary Quiz #4

​ Match the types of figurative language to their definitions.

• exaggeration used for emphasis

• alliteration

• comparing two unlike things by making them the same, without like/as

• metaphor

• giving human characteristics to non-human things

• hyperbole

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• personification

​ (a)   is the writer's attitude towards the topic

• tone
• mood

_____ is an author's specific word choice.

authors have​ (a)   communicate using ​ (b)   in a story. This is signalled by quotation marks.

• characters
• dialogue
• setting
• audience
• mood
• tone

​ (a)   is the feelings of the reader based on the text

• mood
• tone

To ___________ is to paraphrase the main details of a story.

​ (a)   is the dictionary definition of a word, while ​ (b)   is the feeling or idea associated with the word

• denotation
• connotation
• diction
• context

When writing a CER and introducing your ​ (a)   , it is important to provide ​ (b)   , or background information, from the passage.

• text evidence
• context
• claim
• reasoning
• inference
• justification

Tone, diction, grammar, and sentence structure combine to create an author's ________, or the way they write.

The​ (a)   is the message of a piece of writing. An author's ​​ ​ (b)   is their reason for writing.

• main idea
• purpose
• archetype
• motif
• diction
• text evidence