TX PACT Essential Academic Skills 700 (Subtest I Reading - 701) 2023/2024 passed

TX PACT Essential Academic Skills 700 (Subtest I Reading - 701)Foreshadowing - correct answer the narrator or character hints at a future plot point Symbolism - correct answer when an object stands for something larger than itself recurring theme - correct answer the repetition of a theme/image throughout the story to symbolize meaning.... For example, in Disney's Frozen, the closed/shut door is repeated throughout the movie in various scenes Satire - correct answer the use of humor or exaggeration to critique human nature or a character Irony - correct answer an incongruity between what the reader expects the author to mean and what they actually mean "There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. this is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it" Mark Twain uses a common expression, but uses it as a set up to debunk the expression verbal irony - correct answer sarcasm- contrast between what is said and what is meant Situational irony - correct answer a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens Dramatic irony - correct answer the contrast between what a character expects and what the audience knows is true Understatement - correct answer when the author minimizes a significant point for effect synonym - correct answer A word that means the same as another word antonym - correct answer a word that means the opposite of another word allusion - correct answer a reference to someone or something outside of text Ex: You're being a scrooge Apostrophe - correct answer A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. allegory - correct answer an extended metaphor with two meanings extended metaphor - correct answer A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a piece of writing denotative meaning - correct answer a literal, dictionary meaning of a word aphorism - correct answer a short saying to convey a truth; often using an opposite to make the point Metonymy - correct answer substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it