Common Core Term Review

Question 1

What is a rhetorical device?

Accepted Answer

A language tool that is meant to persuade

Question 2

"As a doctor, I can tell you, this treatment will heal you" is an example of which appeal?

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ethos

Question 3

When discussing a text, the central idea is

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the major idea of a text

Question 4

Connation is

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the implied meaning of the word

Question 5

"But a better butter makes a batter better" is an example of which sound device?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 6

In literature theme best means?

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a message about life or human nature that the reader infers

Question 7

Imagery is language that

Accepted Answer

appeals to the five senses

Question 8

A writer's attitude about his or her subject is called?

Accepted Answer

tone

Question 9

"Walking dead" is an example of which of the following?

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an oxymoron

Question 10

A character debating whether or not to steal a loaf of bread is an example of

Accepted Answer

Internal conflict

Question 11

A stanza is

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a group of lines from a verse set apart from other lines

Question 12

When asked to provide evidence to support a text analysis, evidence means?

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examples or direct quotes from the text

Question 13

The connotation of the word "chicken" is

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someone who is afraid

Question 14

A rhetorical question is used to

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Persuade the audience

Question 15

A character who fights a duel with another character is an example of

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External conflict

Question 16

In poetry, rhyme scheme is

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a regular pattern of rhyming words

Question 17

If a story is told from the third person point-of-view, it is told from?

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He, She, They

Question 18

If a story is told from the first person perspective, it is told from?

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I, me

Question 19

The point-of-view in a story is

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the perspective from which a story is told

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language?

Accepted Answer

Diction

Question 21

Identify the tone: "Tearfully, she turned in the wretched paper and knew she had failed."

Accepted Answer

sad

Question 22

"The alligator's teeth were white daggers" is an example of

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metaphor

Question 23

Which of the appeals are being used here?

Accepted Answer

logos

Question 24

A story told from third person as if it were a camera recording events is called

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objective

Question 25

Personification is

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when an object or animal is given human characteristics

Question 26

The term figurative language means?

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Language that implies an imaginative comparison

Question 27

If a word or phrase has a dual meaning, this means

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the word or phrase can be understood in more than one way

Question 28

Martin was a Scrooge when it came to money. Here the word Scrooge is an

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allusion

Question 29

"Don't risk your family's safety, so invest in our security system" is an example of?

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pathos

Question 30

An objective summary is

Accepted Answer

A recap of what you read without your opinion

Common Core Term Review

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Common Core Term Review

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