Basic Terminology For Style Analysis Pre-Assessment

Word choice intended to convey a certain effect.

• diction

• denotation

• connotation

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A regional or social variety of language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or pattern of the culture in which it exists.

• Colloquial language

• Dialect

• Connotation

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The basic dictionary meaning of a word

• denotation

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word

• Denotation

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following statements is FALSE

• Visual imagery appeals to the sense of sight

• Auditory imagery appeals to the sense of hearing

• Papillary imagery appeals to the sense of smell

• Tactile imagery appeals to the sense of touch

• Gustatory imagery appeals to the sense of taste

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Language that describes qualities that can be perceived with the senses or that can be precisely located in a piece of literature

• Formal

• Informal

• Abstract

• Concrete

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Language that describes qualities that cannot be perceived with the five senses.

• Imagery

• Anti-imagery

• Concrete

• Abstract

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Writing or speech that is not meant to be interpreted literally. This technique adds color or meaning-- often deeper and more complex than the literal meaning of words.

• Diction

• Detail

• Figurative Language

• Colloquial Language

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A form of personification in which the absent, dead, or inanimate are spoken to as if present or animate.

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

• Elegy

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4