What is an allusion?
Exploring Literary Devices in Depth

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English
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11th Grade
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Lauren Garletts
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A direct address to an inanimate object or absent person
A reference to someone or something from history, mythology, or the Bible
The dictionary definition of a word
The writer's word choice
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does connotation refer to?
The dictionary definition of a word
The cultural associations and undertones attached to a word
A reference to historical or mythical figures
The writer's word choice
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes denotation?
The writer's word choice
A reference to someone or something from history
The dictionary definition of a word
The cultural associations of a word
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is diction?
The writer's word choice
A reference to historical events
The cultural undertones of a word
The dictionary definition of a word
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the denotation of the word "pig"?
A greedy person
A farm animal raised primarily for its meat
A symbol of wealth
A derogatory term
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is used when a writer directly addresses an absent person or inanimate object?
Allusion
Apostrophe
Connotation
Denotation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the example that best demonstrates diction.
"Heart- We will forget him!"
"So Eden sank to grief,...Nothing gold can stay"
"During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day"
"But she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things"
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