English II EOC Review

A kind or type of literature

• Genre

• Pun

• Allusion

• Anecdote

The dictionary definition of a word

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Plot

To cause someone to believe firmly in something

• Convey

• Convince

• Advocate

• Advance

To make a difference to

• Advance

• Affect

• Effect

• Assume

The emotional attachment given to a word or group of words.

• Denotation

• Achieve

• Connotation

• Attribute

What does the word "convey" mean in the following question:

Which group of words from the selection conveys the author's attitude about his topic?

• A judgment or decision reached by reasoning

• A correspondence

• Have an effect on

• To communicate a message or information

Which type of connotation is suggested in the following group of words?

Fat, obese, overweight

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

What does the word significance mean?

• Detail

• To make known to others

• Importance

• Highlight

The organization or arrangement of words or sentences in literature.

• Structure

• Symbol

• Reflection

• Motif