Answers VA-English 10 CRVocabulary: Denotations and Connotations

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What is a conceit?

a word that appeals to the five senses

a lengthy or extended metaphor

a technique in which one line of poetry carries onto the next

a statement about an abstract idea

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How does diction affect setting?

by revealing the author’s purpose in writing nonfiction

by creating a specific description of the time and place

by misleading the reader’s sense of time and place

by creating smooth sentence fluency that has rhythm when read aloud

How is a motif different from a theme?

A motif is a recurring element in a story, but it is not necessarily the main message.

While the motif concerns the main message of a story, the theme is a reoccurring element.

Motif and theme are two terms that have the same definition.

Moral stories have motifs, while entertaining stories have themes.

What is imagery?

writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

a technique in which something simultaneously represents itself and something else

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two objects

words that trigger the imagination to remember by appealing to the five senses

Tone is created by __________ and __________.

theme . . . moral

character . . . conflict

conflict . . . resolution

diction . . . syntax

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