APLAC Glossary Test 12/1

Question 1

Thesis

Answer 1

Statement of the main idea of an essay

Question 2

Title

Answer 2

Word or phrase set off at the beginning of an essay to identify the subject, to capture the main idea of the essay or to attract the reader’s attention

Question 3

Tone

Answer 3

The way the author presents a subject through their diction, sentence structure, purpose, and attitude toward the subject.

Question 4

Topic Sentence

Answer 4

States the central idea of a paragraph and thus limits and controls the subject of the paragraph

Question 5

Transitions

Answer 5

Words or phrases that link sentences, paragraphs, and large units of a composition to achieve coherance

Question 6

Understatement

Answer 6

When an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves

Question 7

Unity

Answer 7

Achieved in an essay when all the words, sentences, and paragraphs contribute to its thesis

Question 8

Voice

Answer 8

How the speaker of a literary work presents himself or herself to the reader

Question 9

Writing Process

Answer 9

Consists of five major stages: prewriting, writing drafts, revision, editing, and publication

Question 10

Zeugma

Answer 10

Occurs when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only one makes literal sense (ex. I lost my keys and my patience)