Literary Analysis Quiz

What is the meaning of the term "author's claim"?

• The reason an author writes a text

• A statement that supports a position, the author's point of view which the author must prove

• The most important idea in a text

• How the author shows you the way the writer or a character views a topic or situation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

What does "author's purpose" refer to?

• The implied meaning of a word apart from its dictionary meaning

• The most important idea in a text

• The reason an author writes (persuade, inform, entertain)

• What happens as a result of an event or action

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

What does "central idea" mean?

• To judge or calculate the value of something

• The most important idea in a text

• A statement that supports a position, the author's point of view which the author must prove

• Language that does not mean exactly what it says

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does "compare" mean in the context of analyzing texts?

• To tell how two more texts or ideas are the same

• To show how two more texts or ideas are different

• To develop or explain an idea further

• To make an idea known or understandable

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.W.6.9B

What is the meaning of "connotative"?

• The reason an author writes a text

• The most important idea in a text

• The implied meaning of a word apart from its dictionary meaning

• A statement that supports a position, the author's point of view which the author must prove

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "contrast" mean in the context of analyzing texts?

• To tell how two more texts or ideas are the same

• To show how two more texts or ideas are different

• To develop or explain an idea further

• To make an idea known or understandable

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.W.6.2A

What does "contribute to ideas" refer to?

• How does this add to the central idea

• To judge or calculate the value of something

• The most important idea in a text

• The reason an author writes a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.5

What does "convey" mean?

• To judge or calculate the value of something

• To develop or explain an idea further

• To make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable

• Language that does not mean exactly what it says

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "develop point of view" mean?

• The most important idea in a text

• How the author shows you the way the writer or a character views a topic or situation

• A statement that supports a position, the author's point of view which the author must prove

• The reason an author writes a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the meaning of "effect" in literary analysis?

• To make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable

• To judge or calculate the value of something

• What happens as a result of an event or action

• The most important idea in a text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4