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Literary Analysis Terminology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is DICTION?

a)

an author's choice of words

b)

the length of an author's sentence

c)

the simple language found in a text message

d)

it is used to create an effect of surprise

2.

Which of the following are ways to describe DICTION?

a)

natural order

b)

colloquial

c)

concrete

d)

inverted

e)

euphonious

3.

A word can carry an exact, denotative meaning and a meaning that is associative and (a)   .

4.

What is the difference between "The beach was amazing", and "The beach was hot"?

a)

One sentence is true and the other sentence is false.

b)

One is a simple sentence and the other is fragment.

c)

One is a rhetorical question while the other is declarative.

d)

One detail is abstract and the other is concrete.

5.

A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one subordinate clause is called

a)

periodic

b)

compound-complex

c)

complex

d)

loose

6.

Which of the following sentence forms contains at least two independent clauses?

a)

simple sentence

b)

compound sentence

c)

complex sentence

d)

compound-complex sentence

7.

What is the appropriate term to describe this sentence's order? "After the farmer's wife the three blind mice run."

a)

split

b)

inverted

c)

juxtaposed

d)

natural

8.

"Wear a mask" is an example of which type of sentence?

a)

interrogative

b)

commanding

c)

imperative

d)

exclamatory

9.

If a sentence makes complete sense before the sentence closes, this sentence is described as

a)

loose

b)

wordy

c)

periodic

d)

natural

10.

When words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm or create emphasis, which device is being used?

a)

paradox

b)

parallel structure

c)

apostrophe

d)

repetition

11.

The following are example of which type of figurative language? white chocolate, plastic glasses, old news

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Meiosis

c)

Metaphor

d)

Pun

12.

Mark all of the options that are a kind of metaphor.

a)

paradox

b)

personification

c)

antithesis

d)

synecdoche

e)

irony

13.

Verbal irony is can also be called

a)

sarcasm

b)

snark

c)

metonymy

d)

point of view

14.

The following sentence contains an example of which type of device?

"You do not have to be Albert Einstein to understand poetry."

a)

pun

b)

understatement

c)

reference

d)

allusion

15.

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" is a sentence from George Orwell's Animal Farm. It is an example of (a)   .