Analyzing Craft & Structure (Vocab Post Test)

A reference to a person, event, or place, real or fake, to a work of art (may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion) is...

• analogy

• allusion

• understatement

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible. What literary term is this an example of?

• allusion

• analogy

• parallism

• perspective

Using a comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship, with the key idea being the relationship between the two items, is what known as what literary device?

• allusion

• analogy

• understatement

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer" is a good example of what literary device?

• analogy

• allusion

• understatement

• parallism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

On a day of extreme weather, like if it is really hot, one might say, "Is it warm enough for you?" or on a very very cold day one might say, "Hot out isn't it?" This is an example of what literary device?

• allusion

• analogy

• understatement

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A literary device where writers or speakers intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is...

• analogy

• allusion

• parallelism

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction. It can be a word, a phrase, or an entire sentence repeated...

• analogy

• allusion

• parallelism

• understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Martin Luther King, Jr's famous "I have a dream" repetition makes his speech compelling and rhythmic, as well as memorable. This repetition is known as...

• analogy

• allusion

• parallelism

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A literary device which serves as a lens through which readers observe characters, events, and happenings and its purpose is to make the voice of a writer distinctive from other writers is known as...

• allusion

• analogy

• parallelism

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The type of narration an author uses to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, or essay, such as 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person is known as...

• alluison

• analogy

• perspective

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6