Daily Definitions 3

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. Famous adages become popular due to their usage over a long period of time. In fact, an adage expresses a general fact or truth about life. As it becomes popular, it is then accepted as a universal truth.

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

comes from a French word, pendant means “to teach or to act as pedagogue”. A pedantic is someone why is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning. he could be a writer, character, feelings, tone or words

Question 3

Flippant

Answer 3

lacking proper respect or seriousness. This is often associated with the impatience of youth. Note…the information below as it is to your benefit to have a grasp of the vocabulary of “tone” words.

Question 4

Evocative

Answer 4

the use of language that “suggests” meanings other than the denotative. Language that connects with emotions or feelings not associated with actual meaning of the word

Question 5

Syntactical inversion

Answer 5

also called an anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence,as, in english the placing of an adjective after the noun it modifies

Question 6

opposition

Answer 6

two elements normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

frequently user got these literary texts which are overlooked with informative or realistic matter and are marked by omission it graceful and pleasing details

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

two vastly different objects are linked together and with the help of similes or metaphors.

Question 9

Periodic sentence

Answer 9

the main clause it predicate at the end. user for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

a statement that appears to be self contradictory or silly but may include latent truth.

Question 11

irony

Answer 11

words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words

Question 12

Parenthesis

Answer 12

comes from a greek word meaning to place it alongside.

Question 13

Sardonic

Answer 13

grimly mocking, sarcastic, satirical, in a humorous manner.

Question 14

Satire

Answer 14

employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption it an individual or society by using humor,irony, exaggeration or ridicule.

Question 15

Polemical

Answer 15

relating to it involving critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech.

Question 16

ambiguity

Answer 16

or fallacy or ambiguity is a word,phrase it statement which contains more than one meaning. Skilled fighters use ambiguity with purpose and intent. However…most students who are just learning about language use it without a thought and jt detracts from their writing

Question 17

archetype

Answer 17

also known as a universal symbol,may be a character, a theme, a symbol or even a setting many literary critics are if the opinion archetypes, which have a common and recurring representation in a particular human culture or entire human race,shape the structure and function or a literary work.

Question 18

Function of archetype

Answer 18

the use of archetypical characters and situations gives a literary work a universal acceptance, as readers identify characters and situations in their social and cultural context.

Question 19

Tragic law

Answer 19

a literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall and the character us often the hero of the literary piece. This trait could be the lack of self knowledge, lack of judgement and often it is hubris (pride)

Question 20

Assertion

Answer 20

when someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as if it true though it may not be, he is making an assertion. Assertion is a stylistic approach or technique involving a string declaration