chapter one vocab

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

a black bug bit the brown bear

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

while sue was lost in the woods she clicked her heels 3 times hoping she would go home

Question 3

ambiguity

Answer 3

Sarah gave a bath to her dog wearing a pink t-shirt

Question 4

analogy

Answer 4

The snow was a blanket over the houses

Question 5

anaphora

Answer 5

everyday i go to school, every night i do my homework, every weekend i sleep

Question 6

antecedent

Answer 6

The weather is great today; let’s make the most of it by going to the beach.

Question 7

antithesis

Answer 7

they promised freedom but provided salvery

Question 8

apostrophe

Answer 8

oh you crule streets of manhattan how i destest you

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Johnny went here and there and everywhe

Question 10

anecdote

Answer 10

a memior

Question 11

Independent clause

Answer 11

I want some cereal

Question 12

Dependent Clauses

Answer 12

When it is raining

Question 13

conceit

Answer 13

You are slow as a snail

Question 14

Consonance

Answer 14

Mike likes his new bike.

Question 15

deductive

Answer 15

Be careful around bees, they might sting you.

Question 16

euphemism

Answer 16

Passed away instead of died.

Question 17

exposition

Answer 17

rising action, climax, faling action

Question 18

extended metaphor

Answer 18

O Captain! My Captain! Abraham Lincoln as the captain of the ‘ship’ that is the United States of America

Question 19

figure of speech

Answer 19

similes

Question 20

genre

Answer 20

a drama

Question 21

hyperbole

Answer 21

I am so hungry I could eat a horse

Question 22

image

Answer 22

Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

Question 23

inductive reasoning

Answer 23

everytime you eat ice cream you get sick so you are allergic to dairy

Question 24

irony

Answer 24

the song ironic not being ironic

Question 25

metaphor

Answer 25

The classroom was a zoo.

Question 26

metonymy

Answer 26

Dish - for an entire plate of food

Question 27

mood

Answer 27

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Question 28

narrative

Answer 28

a memoir

Question 29

onomatopoeia

Answer 29

the bacon sizzled in the pan

Question 30

oxymoron

Answer 30

Jumbo shrimp

Question 31

antimetabole

Answer 31

ask not what yur country can do for you but what you can do for your country

Question 32

archaic diction

Answer 32

To thine own self be true

Question 33

asyndeton

Answer 33

I came. I saw. I conquered

Question 34

cumulative sentence

Answer 34

I went to the movies yesterday, bought candy, and shopped at the mall.

Question 35

hortative sentence

Answer 35

just try it at least once

Question 36

imperative sentence

Answer 36

Pack enough clothes for the trip.

Question 37

inverison

Answer 37

To the store, I will go.

Question 38

parallelism

Answer 38

Easy come, easy go.

Question 39

periodic sentence

Answer 39

in spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued.

Question 40

personification

Answer 40

Lightning danced across the sky.

Question 41

rhetorical question

Answer 41

will you join the historical effort

Question 42

synedoche

Answer 42

Referring to a car as “wheels”

Question 43

zeugma

Answer 43

I have lost my keys and my mind.

Question 44

ad hominem

Answer 44

the lawer in the law suit in the seinfeld

Question 45

Bandwagon appeal

Answer 45

well everyone is jumping off the bridge so i guess i will

Question 46

appeal to flase authority

Answer 46

If Emma Stone said that a tooth paste will be good for your teeth

Question 47

Begging the Question

Answer 47

Everyone wants the new iPhone because it is the hottest new gadget on the market!

Question 48

Circular reasoning

Answer 48

You have to invite Jenna to your party because it would not be nice not to invite Jenna.

Question 49

Claim

Answer 49

I will be the coolest kid in school if i get the new iPhone

Question 50

Either or

Answer 50

You are for us, or you are against us.

Question 51

Faulty Analogy

Answer 51

People who cannot go without their coffee every morning are no better than alcoholics.

Question 52

Hasty Generalization

Answer 52

Three out of four school teachers prefer Bright Marks Markers, but I only asked four teachers total.

Question 53

post hoc ergo propter hoc

Answer 53

Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!

Question 54

qualifer

Answer 54

she bought some candy at the concer store

Question 55

rebutal

Answer 55

defense attorney responding to allegations made by a district attorney against their clien

Question 56

straw man

Answer 56

Biology teacher begins teaching evolution by stating that all things evolve. Student says she just can’t accept that humans came from bugs.