Chapter 7

Question 1

Abstract subject

Answer 1

Subject that refers to a quality rather than a material or concrete object

Question 2

Agent

Answer 2

Initiator of the action in the sentence, usually in an active sentence

Question 3

Ally reader

Answer 3

Someone who can listen empathetically to your writing and provide nonjudgmental feedback

Question 4

Attributor

Answer 4

Metadiscourse signal that refers to the source of good quoted information

Question 5

Cliché

Answer 5

A worn-out old phrase

Question 6

Code Gloss

Answer 6

Metadiscourse signal used to clarify the meaning of a word or phrase, often a parenthetical comment

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

Idea or feeling a word evokes

Question 8

Contraction

Answer 8

Combination of two words written or spoken as one, in which letters or sounds are omitted

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

Primary or dictionary definition of a word

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

The selection of words, usually referred to in connection with the correct choice of words

Question 11

First Person

Answer 11

I and me

Question 12

Hedge

Answer 12

One of the metadiscourse signals in which the writer expresses uncertainty or a qualification

Question 13

Idiom

Answer 13

A combination of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meaning of the individual words

Question 14

Metadiscourse

Answer 14

Certain signals that communicate and clarify the writer’s attitude or help the reader understand the direction and purpose of the passage

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Nonliteral use of a word that allows the speaker or writer to attribute qualities of one thing to another for purposes of explanation or persuasion

Question 16

Nominalized Verb

Answer 16

Verb that has had a derivational affix added to it

Question 17

Objective Case

Answer 17

Role in the sentence of a noun phrase or pronoun when it functions as an object

Question 18

Particle

Answer 18

Words such as in and out that join verbs to create phrasal verbs

Question 19

Person

Answer 19

The relationship of the writer to the reader, as shown by the use of pronouns

Question 20

Phrasal Verb

Answer 20

A verb combined with a particle, producing a meaning that cannot be predicted from the meaning of the parts

Question 21

Possessive Case

Answer 21

Inflected form of nouns and pronouns, usually indicating ownership

Question 22

Second Person

Answer 22

The pronoun you

Question 23

Simile

Answer 23

Comparison that uses like or as

Question 24

Subjective Case

Answer 24

The role in the sentence of a noun phrase or a pronoun when it functions as the subject of the sentence

Question 25

Third Person

Answer 25

The pronouns him, her, and it

Question 26

Voice

Answer 26

Unique identity created through choosing words and arranging them on the page