Unit I: Identity & Perspectives Study Guide

What is typically an author's purpose for writing a poem?

• To describe a specific idea

• To express emotions or convey a message

• To provide information about a historical event

• To persuade the reader to think or act a certain way.

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E1.8(A)

What is theme in a literary text?

• How the character is presented physically and emotionally throughout the passage

• The main events and important details of the passage

• The lesson, moral, or message presented throughout the passage

• The author's intended audience of the passage

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E1.8(A)

What is tone in a literary text?

• The sequence of events in a story

• The main theme or idea of the text
• The use of figurative language in the text
• The author's attitude or feeling towards the subject matter

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E1.8(F)

How can you accurately identify text evidence to support your answer during a test?

Select ALL correct choices.

• Eliminate irrelevant evidence in the answer choices

• Make sure you understand all the words in the answer choices

• Do not read and review the passage, just the answer choices in the question

• Find the context of the answer choices as they appear in the passage.

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E1.4(F)

What is personification?

• A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas

• A figure of speech where a part of something represents the whole
• A figure of speech where two unlike things are explicitly compared

• A figure of speech where words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words

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E1.8(E)

What is imagery?

• The use of objects to symbolize complex concepts, people, or events

• The use of vivid or figurative language to directly describe objects, actions, or ideas

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E1.8(E)

What is irony?

• A statement or action that departs from what is expected

• The idea that objects can represent complex ideas or abstract experiences

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E1.8(E)

What is a metaphor?

• A literary technique in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• A literary technique that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• A literary technique in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

• A literary technique in which a comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics

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E1.8(E)

What or who is the speaker in a poem?

• The person who wrote the poem
• The description used in the poem

• The voice that speaks the words of the poem
• The audience of the poem

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E1.8(B)

What is point of view in a literary text?

• The perspective from which a passage is told

• The author's personal opinion about the passage

• The main theme of the passage

• The most important and meaningful parts of a passage

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E1.8