StratClass_ Word choice- meaning and tone

A form of speech where the meanings aren't literal and phrases use figures of speech.

• Connotative

• Figurative

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

When you mean something else, something that might be initially hidden. It is based on implication, or shared emotional association with a word.

• Denotation Meaning

• Connotative Meaning

• Word Choice

• None of the above

A strong effect or influence because of something.

• Impact

• Inference

• Word Choice

• Tone

A literary device that reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.

• Simile

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

In writing it is the usage of effective and precise language that conveys information not just in a functional way, but also to enlighten the reader.

• Tone

• Mood

• Main Idea

• Word Choice

To come to a decision or resolution; decide

• Infer

• Determine

• Analyze

• Examine

A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in a work of literature that can sometimes be an indirect mention.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Allusion

• Homonym

Extreme exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

• Inference

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Word Choice

• Analogy

• Metaphor

• Figurative Meaning

A figure of speech that directly compares two things, using comparison words such as "like", "as", "so", or " than".

• Analogy

• Simile

• Metaphor

• None of the above