Word Choice and Imagery

Word Choice and Imagery

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Word Choice and Imagery

Word Choice and Imagery

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, L.8.6, L.3.3A

+34

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the line below, what technique is the author using to create his/her style?
"Appleton felt hardly any shock at all, but she noticed an unpleasant ripping sound...like someone tearing a long, long strip of calico."

imagery

personification

sentence length

tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

Her hair is red.

She talks really loudly.

She gets really angry. 

She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow – a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards.
What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?

He is in need of first aid.

He is likely carrying treasure in his sea-chest.

He has grown frail and tired with old age.

He has had a rough and adventurous life.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Mood is...

to derive by reasoning; rather than from explicit statements

the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing

put pieces together to see them in a new way

the overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses

tone

imagery

modd

visualize

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The definition of Depicts is to portray in words

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Makes the reader smell, taste, feel, see, hear, and imagine what the writer is describing

Symbolism

Diction

Pacing

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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