Diction
Diction is...
the words we choose
Syntax is...
How we arrange words
Bedbug infestations can appear to be a blanket of crawling pinholes. The teensy pests often hitch rides on suitcase left in hotel rooms and travel with unwitting victims. Use a flashlight and a magnet to scrutinize your mattress.
What is the best definition of the word scrutinize as it's used in the passage?
A. analyze
B. Look
C. Develop
D. Fear
A. analyze
Break the ice
Get the conversation going
Where is a shrimp's heart located?
a. in its head
b. in its chest
c. in its tail
a. in its head
tone of voice and meaning
What is the syntax in the following passage?
A solemn consideration; that every room in every one of them encloses it's own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of hears there is some of its imaginings, that every secret to the heart nears it.
What is the purpose of the syntax as it contributes to the tone?
The repetition of the word 'that every' to convey a music tone and emphasis of his emotions.
What does the word regulation mean in the sentence?
They made a regulation that everyone must be on time.
a. rule
b. declaration
c. suggestion
a. rule
Wrap your head around something
Understand it
True
False
True
Its bite is small and painless, so the victim rarely wakes during this feeding time. Consider the connotative meaning of the word victim. What does it suggest about both the person and the bed bug?
The person being bitten is helpless and the bedbug is bad or evil
What relation is emphasized by the following syntax?
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
a. highlights the close relationship between seeing and looking.
b. analyzes the differences between seeing and looking
a. highlights the close relationship between seeing and looking
What does the word fledgling mean in the sentence?
Bart was a fledgling, but Burt was also a beginner to.
a. Someone used to something
b. someone new to something
c. someone invested in something
b. someone new to something
Back against the wall
Mentally, you have nowhere to go
a. catfish
b. shark
c. tuna
d. salmon
b. shark
Bedbug infestations can appear to be a blanket of crawling pinholes. The teensy pests often hitch rides on suitcase left in hotel rooms and travel with unwitting victims. Use a flashlight and a magnet to scrutinize your mattress.
Which statement best describes the impact of the author's word choice on the overall tone of the account?
A. Phrases like teensy pests and hitch rides gives the account a humorous tone. B. Words like rest and travel give the account a comforting tone. C. Words with technical meanings create an informative tone, but phrases like crawling pinholes add a note of disgust.
C. Words with technical meanings create an informative tone, but phrases like crawling pinholes add a note of disgust.
Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world, except for a nice MLT: mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe.
A. emphasizes a love that is true
B. Shows more love for the MLT do to the descriptive adjectives
B.
What does this sentence mean?
The racer could hear the drumbeat of his heart as the excitement grew.
The racer's heart was beating like a drum
Which one is an idiom?
a. Better late than never
b. Look to the floor
c. The weather is as treacherous as the ocean
d. He was done
a. better late than never
What is one of the only four words in the English language that ends in the suffix -dous?
Horrendous, tremendous, stupendous, hazardous
Which words from the passage have positive connotations?
a. fretted, acoustic, vibrations
b. evolving, specific, modern
c. wonders, rich, fascinating
d. ancient, smaller, nice, hollow
c. wonders, rich, fascinating
How does the following passage demonstrate tone through diction?
Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?
a. uses a rhetorical question for emphasis
b. poses a question and expects an answer
c. phrasing it as a question gives it a more dreamlike quality
c
The picture of the landscape is picturesque but the one of the old house is ugly.
What is the antonym of picturesque?
a. pretty
b. pleasing
c. uninteresting
d. ugly
d. ugly
Which one is an idiom?
a. He put it away
b. Sat on the fence
c. His mind was a board game
How long does it take most people to fall asleep?
a. seven minutes
b. ten minutes
c. twenty minutes
d. 30 seconds
a. seven minutes