R7.1 Reading Quiz: 3-Sentence Quotation Explaining Literary Devices in Daily Reading
Literary Core Skill:
Rhetoric Level 7: Relate the use of literary devices in various titles to their main themes.
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Elements of Fiction:
Assignment Type:
Reading Quiz
3-Sentence Quotation
Description:
In this worksheet, students discuss the thematic implications of particular literary devices in the daily reading assignment with a “3-sentence quotation” featuring an interpretive statement in the follow-up sentence and correct citation format. It is designed as an in-class, open-book exercise.
Additional lists of common literary devices in fiction, along with their definitions, are provided at www.centerforlitschools.com/glossary-of-literary-devices. These include voice and tone as well as rhetorical devices such as amplification, contradiction, refutation, pathos, and others.
Grading Rubric:
Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling; b) conformity to the “3-sentence quotation” formula; and c) plausibility of interpretation.
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