Reading Literary Text Academic Vocabulary GMAS

When analyzing a literary passage, which of the following is NOT something you should do?

• Summarize the passage without including your own opinions.

• Locate and analyze literary elements such as style and character development.

• Ignore the structure of the passage and the author's choices concerning its structure.

• Draw inferences from the passage to support textual analysis.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What should you consider when evaluating the effects of diction and imagery in a literary text?

• The author's educational background.

• Controlling images, figurative language, extended metaphor, understatement, hyperbole, irony, paradox, and tone.

• The popularity of the text at the time of publication.

• The length of the text.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the purpose of analyzing an author's word choice in a literary text?

• To determine the meaning of words or phrases and understand figurative and connotative meanings.

• To correct the author's grammar and spelling mistakes.

• To translate the text into another language.

• To memorize the text for recitation.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is it important to think about the author's point of view when reading a passage?

• To understand what is directly stated and what is really meant.

• To learn about the author's personal life.

• To prepare for a meeting with the author.

• To critique the author's writing style.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the purpose of generalizing concepts of setting, plot, characterization, and other narrative elements in literature?

• To recognize specific instances as contributing to the authors' treatments of similar themes or topics.

• To analyze the historical context of the literature.

• To compare and contrast different authors' writing styles.

• To identify the main characters in a story.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following is NOT an example of a literary text?

• Fiction

• Dramas

• Poems

• Textbooks

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the term 'cite' refer to in literary analysis?

• Creating a bibliography of sources.

• Mentioning a specific portion of a text to support an analysis.

• Summarizing the plot of a story.

• Describing the setting of a narrative.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the difference between an explicit idea and an inference in literature?

• An explicit idea is clearly stated by the author, while an inference is a conclusion based on evidence in the text.

• An explicit idea is hidden within the text, while an inference is clearly stated.

• An explicit idea and an inference both require evidence to be understood.

• An explicit idea is based on the author's opinion, while an inference is based on the reader's opinion.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is a theme in literature?

• The sequence of events that make up the story.

• The background against which the story takes place.

• A universal statement about life or society that can be discovered from the reading of a text.

• The detailed description of characters in a story.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the difference between a topic and a theme according to the provided text?

• A) A topic is a broader subject of a text, while a theme is a specific viewpoint on the topic.

• B) A topic is the moral of the story, while a theme is the central idea or message.

• C) A topic is an issue that characters talk about, while a theme is the lesson learned from the story.

• D) A topic is what a story is about, while a theme is the underlying message or insight that the story conveys.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2