District Assessment 3.2 Practice

Question 1

word choice

Answer 1

diction

Question 2

the multiple interpretations or significance that a single word, phrase, or text can hold

Answer 2

Layer of Meaning

Question 3

a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens

Answer 3

irony

Question 4

occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means
something completely different

Answer 4

verbal irony

Question 5

occurs when the audience or the reader (or even another
character) knows something important that a character in a play or story does
not know

Answer 5

dramatic irony

Question 6

occurs when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place (or when there is a contrast between
what would seem appropriate and what really happens)

Answer 6

situational irony

Question 7

comparing two unlike things using like or as

Answer 7

simile

Question 8

The surface of a story

Answer 8

literal layer

Question 9

the feeling created by a literary work or passage

Answer 9

mood

Question 10

thoughts that come to us as pictures or imagined sensations

Answer 10

imagery

Question 11

the attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject or a character

Answer 11

tone

Question 12

resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

Answer 12

earnest

Question 12

a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.

Answer 12

trepidation

Question 13

any kind of writing, speaking (or art) that ridicules or mocks some weakness in individuals or society

Answer 13

satire

Question 14

greatly desired or envied.

Answer 14

coveted

Question 15

wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Answer 15

absurd

Question 16

the quality of being open and honest in expression

Answer 16

candour

Question 17

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Answer 17

arduous