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The literal dictionary meaning of a word is its:Read the answer and worked solution →The implied feelings or associations a word carries are its:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer choosing 'thrifty' rather than 'stingy' is working with the words':Read the answer and worked solution →Language that suggests special meanings or effects beyond the literal is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A direct comparison between two unlike things is a:Read the answer and worked solution →An indirect comparison using the words 'as' or 'like' is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Saying a menu has 'a million things' on it is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Giving a nonhuman object human characteristics is:Read the answer and worked solution →Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The repetition of initial consonant sounds across words is:Read the answer and worked solution →An object that represents both itself and something else at once is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The main character or hero of a story is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The character or force opposing that main character is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The sequence of events in a story or play is its:Read the answer and worked solution →The vantage point from which a story is perceived and told is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A narrator who is part of the story is described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →The moment of greatest intensity in a plot is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A sudden flash of intuitive understanding by a character is an:Read the answer and worked solution →The meaning or thesis of a literary text is its:Read the answer and worked solution →A mask an author uses to cover their real self in a work is a:Read the answer and worked solution →The rise and fall of stressed sounds within sentences is:Read the answer and worked solution →Close examination and explanation of a text, backed by reasoning and evidence, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the comparisonsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the story partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the word gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the language wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Literal or figurativeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the literary termsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Word power bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The literal dictionary meaning of a word is its:

  1. Denotation
  2. Declaration
  3. Decoration
  4. Dedication
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Correct answer: A. Denotation

1. No feeling is attached to it. 2. The dictionary supplies it. 3. It is the denotation. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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The implied feelings or associations a word carries are its:

  1. Conjunction
  2. Connotation
  3. Contraction
  4. Convention
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Correct answer: B. Connotation

1. They can be positive or negative. 2. The dictionary meaning is separate. 3. It is the connotation. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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A writer choosing 'thrifty' rather than 'stingy' is working with the words':

  1. Connotations
  2. Contractions
  3. Conjugations
  4. Constructions
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Correct answer: A. Connotations

1. Both point to the same behaviour. 2. The feelings they carry differ. 3. The difference lies in their connotations. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, word choice and literary language sections._

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