12 JOAQUIN_CREATIVE NONFICTION RETAKE

It is an underlying idea that comments on human condition in a story.

• a. plot

• b. conflict

• c. theme

• d. setting

It is the sequence of events or actions in the story.

• a. plot

• b. conflict

• c. theme

• d. setting

A literary or linguistic technique that produces a specific effect, esp. a figure of speech, narrative style, or plot mechanism is __.

• a. Literary device

• b. Figure of Speech

• c. element

• d. diction

The selection of words in a literary work. A work's diction forms one of its centrally important literary elements, as writers use words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values is __.

• a. diction

• b. slang

• c. denotation

• d. connotation

The pans clattered and banged the tapping of the wooden spoon tap, tap, tap. What technique is being used?

• a. idiom

• b. personification

• c. simile

• d. onomatopoeia

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a Dickensian orphan.

• a. idiom

• b. personification

• c. simile

• d. onomatopoeia

We hit the beach early on Saturday, the last day of our trip. As soon as I got out of the car, I smelled the salty air and heard waves roaring in my ears. What technique is being used?

• a. idiom

• b. symbolism

• c. simile

• d. imagery

A literary device that refers to external people, events, or things. These are people who are not part of the story itself.

• a. allusion

• b. anaphora

• c. alliteration

• d. assonance

__ is a device where an initial consonant sounds is being repeated in the words of a phrase or a sentence

• a. allusion

• b. anaphora

• c. alliteration

• d. assonance

__ is a repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences.

• a. allusion

• b. anaphora

• c. alliteration

• d. assonance