This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Textual Analysis – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Textual Analysis Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When something in a song or story stands for a bigger idea or theme, what is this called? A) Symbolism. B) Polysemy. C) Allusion. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 2. How does Mamacita's character change from the beginning to the end of the story? A) She becomes more hopeful and excited about her new life. B) She becomes increasingly despondent and resistant to her new environment. C) She starts to enjoy her new surroundings and learns English. D) She remains unchanged throughout the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She becomes increasingly despondent and resistant to her new environment. 3. Which question requires you to find the answer EXACTLY in the text? A) What evidence from the selection shows how Amelia supported other women who wanted to become pilots?. B) According to the selection, why was Amelia unhappy with her flight on Friendship?. C) Why was Amelia Earhart asked to be a career counselor?. D) What is the main idea of the selection?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What evidence from the selection shows how Amelia supported other women who wanted to become pilots?. 4. What is NOT a feature of sound you may wish to analyse? A) Onomotopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 5. What is most likely the motivation for a character who secretly helps a rival succeed? A) To gain personal fame. B) To sabotage the rival. C) To demonstrate kindness. D) To avoid punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To demonstrate kindness. 6. What is a key characteristic of a claim? A) It is an opinion without supporting evidence. B) It must be proven with facts, examples, or reasoning. C) It is a general truth that applies to all situations. D) It is always stated at the beginning of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It must be proven with facts, examples, or reasoning. 7. Original document or material that has not been changed; a reliable first-hand account A) Secondary Source. B) Primary Source. C) Reliable Source. D) Citing Sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary Source. 8. What is the term for the logical stance on a topic? A) Argument. B) Audience. C) Topic. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument. 9. What does 'inversion' mean in sentence structure? A) Repetition at the end of clauses. B) Reversal of normal word order for emphasis or poetic effect. C) Contrasting ideas in parallel structure. D) Insertion of extra information in brackets or dashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reversal of normal word order for emphasis or poetic effect. 10. What is a "distinction" ? A) A similarity between two things. B) A difference between similar individuals, ideas, and events. C) A summary of a text. D) A fictional story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A difference between similar individuals, ideas, and events. 11. The way the message's content is crafted is referred to as the ..... A) Style. B) Audience. C) Layout and Design. D) Decoding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 12. The film element of cinematography does NOT involve A) Colour and composition. B) Exposure and ISO. C) Framing and focus scale. D) Critical response and reception. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Critical response and reception. 13. Read the following passage: "Many scientists believe that climate change is caused by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation."What is the main idea of this passage? A) Climate change is a natural process. B) Human activities contribute to climate change. C) Scientists do not agree about climate change. D) Fossil fuels are not harmful.TagsTEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human activities contribute to climate change. 14. Which type of rhyme occurs when words look like they should rhyme but are pronounced differently, such as 'move' and 'love'? A) Perfect Rhyme. B) Slant Rhyme. C) Internal Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eye Rhyme. 15. What does the lack of other guests' coats or hats in the hallway suggest? A) The landlady is very tidy. B) Billy is the only guest who stays there. C) The other guests are out for the evening. D) The other guests have left recently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billy is the only guest who stays there. 16. The New York Times publishes an article by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in which she quotes the Roman philosopher Horace. Who is the speaker? A) New York Times. B) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. C) Rome. D) Horace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 17. We use 'so, too ..... ' in imagery questions to analyse the ..... A) Root of the image. B) How the comparison is effective in this context. C) What the author was thinking. D) Explain the image in your mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the comparison is effective in this context. 18. When we analyse imagery, what is the key thing to establish? A) Using 'like' or 'as'. B) What the writer was thinking. C) What is being compared to what-the shared point of comparison. D) Why the author has brought it in by way of comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is being compared to what-the shared point of comparison. 19. The text type is the ..... A) Message. B) Genre. C) Channel. D) Sender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Channel. 20. What is the literal or primary meaning of a word, its dictionary definition? A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Inference. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 21. Explicit means: A) The answer is clearly stated in the text. B) The answer is not in the text at all. C) The answer is suggested in the text. D) The story is told by the main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The answer is clearly stated in the text. 22. What mood is established when Billy notices the hard, cold body of the dachshund? A) Relief. B) Curiosity. C) Suspense. D) Tranquility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 23. What is meant by 'mode of address' in media studies? A) The ways in which a media text uses language to speak to its audience. B) The location where a media text is produced. C) The financial budget of a media production. D) The technical specifications of a media text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ways in which a media text uses language to speak to its audience. 24. What does Goha's dramatic reaction to losing the argument suggest about him? A) He is intelligent and strategic. B) He is overly emotional and dramatic. C) He is wise and respected. D) He is quiet and reserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is overly emotional and dramatic. 25. Read the following excerpt: "During the Renaissance, there was a renewed interest in art, science, and literature across Europe."What explicit information is provided in this excerpt? A) The Renaissance was a time of war. B) Art, science, and literature became more important during the Renaissance. C) Only art was important during the Renaissance. D) The Renaissance occurred in Asia.TagsTEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Art, science, and literature became more important during the Renaissance. 26. Which micro-technique is used when a song uses old-fashioned words like "yesteryear" and "thou" ? A) Neologism. B) Archaism. C) Euphemism. D) Idiolect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaism. 27. What would relevant evidence look like in an argumentative essay? A) Facts and details that directly support the claim. B) Information that doesn't relate to the claim. C) Personal opinions not backed up by evidence. D) A conclusion not based on evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facts and details that directly support the claim. 28. In the 'Audience and Purpose' category, the 'Context of Interpretation/Reception' primarily asks: A) Who wrote the text and why?. B) How the reader's own circumstances influence their reading of the text. C) What the author's intended message is. D) What stylistic devices the writer uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the reader's own circumstances influence their reading of the text. 29. What is a 'subgenre' in media studies? A) A type of media production equipment. B) A financial term in media production. C) A main category of media text. D) A subcategory within a particular genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A subcategory within a particular genre. 30. Implicit information requires the reader to ..... or ..... based on the context and the author's use of language. A) Draw conclusions, make inferences. B) Ask questions, find answers. C) Summarize, paraphrase. D) Memorize, recall. 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