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Prose Analysis Key Terms

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term means "written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure"?

a)

prose

b)

rhetoric

c)

analysis

d)

anaphora

2.

Which term means "detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation"?

a)

analysis

b)

prose

c)

rhetoric

d)

vernacular

3.

Which term means "consisting of many different and connected parts"?

a)

complex

b)

apostrophe

c)

figurative

d)

juxtaposition

4.

Which term means "the author's attitude toward the subject or audience"?

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

overstatement

d)

understatement

5.

Which term means "appropriate or suitable in the circumstances"?

a)

apt

b)

colloquial

c)

hyperbolic

d)

diatribe

6.

Select all of the elements below that could describe something that is "complex".

a)

complicated

b)

paradoxical

c)

opposing

d)

shifting

7.

True or false: The extensive use of plot summary in an analysis essay raises the overall score of the essay.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which term means "no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated"?

a)

estranged

b)

enigma

c)

superficial

d)

cogent

9.

Which term means "a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand"?

a)

enigma

b)

estranged

c)

cogent

d)

apt

10.

Which term means "a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true"?

a)

paradox

b)

analysis

c)

juxtaposition

d)

metaphorical