ILTS ELA Content Exam
207- questions and
correct answers
adverb clauses - answer ✅✅dependent clause that functions as an
adverb= the entire clause modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb
ex: 'I drink soda when I'm sad,' for example, 'when I'm sad' is a
dependent adverb clause, as the whole clause describes the verb
'drink,' with 'I' as the subject.
allegory - answer ✅✅A literary work in which characters, objects, or
actions represent abstractions
allegory - answer ✅✅literary device that is an extended metaphor
ex: Animal Farm
allusion - answer ✅✅figure of speech, indirect or glancing reference to
another work, person, place or event. ex: Professor is colder than Darth
Vader
need to know what is being referenced, because reference is not
explained
allusion - answer ✅✅passing reference to specific
work/place/person/events
analogy - answer ✅✅compares similarities between 2 concepts to
establish a relationship
analogy - answer ✅✅compares two things, which are alike in several
respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying ex: finding a good
man is like finding a needle in a haystack
analysis - answer ✅✅breaking information down into component
parts and demonstrating relationship among those parts
,analysis - answer ✅✅process of breaking down a complex topic or
substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of
it
antagonist - answer ✅✅character or group of characters or institution
or concept that stands/represents opposition against which the
protagonist must deal with
antrhopomorphism - answer ✅✅the attribution of human-like
characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or forces of nature
application - answer ✅✅using knowledge in new contexts
archetypes - answer ✅✅relating to behavior, modern psychological
theory, and literary analysis or a classic literary figure
assonance - answer ✅✅Repetition of vowel sounds ex: men sell the
wedding bells
assonance - answer ✅✅repetition of vowel sounds to create internal
rhyming
ballad poem - answer ✅✅poem or song narrating a story in short
stanzas (type of narrative poem) and has 4 lines
, best use for cut and paste in a draft - answer ✅✅reorganization
catharsis - answer ✅✅when literature provides strong emotional
experiences (emotions such as pity and fear) that ultimately result in a
sense of purification (renewal and restoration)
close reading - answer ✅✅describes the careful, sustained
interpretation of a brief passage of a text= up close look at literature
collective nouns - answer ✅✅refers to a collection of things taken as a
whole
colon - answer ✅✅is a way of letting the reader know there's more to
come to further illustrate a thought after the main clause.
ex: Dennis brought along several items with which to win the lady's
heart: flowers, fresh fish, a record of death metal sea chanteys, and a
tuba.
complex sentences - answer ✅✅independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses
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