Vacab Unit1

Question 1

Story with a meaning other than the literal one.(story telling)

Answer 1

Allegory(n)

Question 2

The address of some non-personal object as if it were able to reply.

Answer 2

Apostrophe(n)

Question 3

The beat,rate,or measure of any rhythmic movement.

Answer 3

Cadence(n)

Question 4

Quality of being educational.

Answer 4

Didacticism(n)

Question 5

A story not found on fact.

Answer 5

Fable(n)

Question 6

Extravagant exaggeration

Answer 6

Hyperbole(n)

Question 7

A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

Answer 7

Metaphor(n)

Question 8

Statement that is seemingly contradictory.

Answer 8

Paradox(n)

Question 9

Act of ascribing human qualities to an inhuman object.

Answer 9

Personification(n)

Question 10

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.

Answer 10

Simile(n)

Question 11

Something that represents something else.

Answer 11

Symbol(n)

Question 12

The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny.

Answer 12

Irony(n)

Question 13

Representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify.

Answer 13

Understatement(n)

Question 14

Bitter derision.

Answer 14

Sarcasm(n)

Question 15

Situation in which action have an effect that is opposite from what was intended.

Answer 15

Situational irony(n)

Question 16

Situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Answer 16

Dramatic irony(n)