Diction

Question 1

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Answer 1

DICTION

Question 2

The suggested or implied meaning of a word or phrase.

Answer 2

Connotation

Question 3

“He’s such a dog.” In this sense, the word dog connotes ugliness.

Answer 3

Connotation

Question 4

“That woman is a dove at heart.” Here, the dove implies gentleness.

Answer 4

Connotation

Question 5

“That clothing is cheap!” This could mean affordable, but people often associate the word “cheap” with something that is of poor quality.

Answer 5

Connotation

Question 6

The dictionary definition of a word.

Answer 6

Denotation

Question 7

The blueberry is very blue. (The berry is literally the color blue.)

Answer 7

Denotation

Question 8

You’re barking up the wrong tree. (There would literally have to be a dog barking at the foot of a tree.)

Answer 8

Denotation

Question 9

“It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” (This is a sentence from Moby Dick that literally describes the white whale because that’s exactly what Moby Dick was.)

Answer 9

Denotation

Question 10

Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

Answer 10

Jargon

Question 11

The perpetrator allegedly violated various federal laws.

Answer 11

Jargon

Question 12

If this medication causes your symptoms to worsen then call a physician.

Answer 12

Jargon

Question 13

As they set the right angle for the camera’s final aerial shot, they allowed back lighting to shine on the actor’s face.

Answer 13

Jargon

Question 14

A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

Answer 14

Dialect

Question 15

A person from the South may use, “Howdy,” as a greeting.

Answer 15

Dialect

Question 16

Instead of using “an elevator,” people in England use a “lift.”

Answer 16

Dialect

Question 17

I once heard a man in Florida say he was “fixin’ to get going.”

Answer 17

Dialect

Question 18

She’s as headstrong as an allegory.

Answer 18

Malapropism

Question 19

Illiterate him quite from your memory.

Answer 19

Malapropism

Question 20

We have comprehended two perpetrators.

Answer 20

Malapropism

Question 21

The mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar.

Answer 21

Malapropism

Question 22

A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

Answer 22

Colloquialism

Question 23

Using the words “ain’t” or “gonna” are examples of…

Answer 23

Colloquialism

Question 24

“That test was mad hard.”

Answer 24

Colloquialism

Question 25

“His new outfit gave him a whole new swag.”

Answer 25

Colloquialism

Question 26

Nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical rules.

Answer 26

Solecism

Question 27

I ain’t no eighty years old.

Answer 27

Solecism

Question 28

My feets is tired, but my soul is rested.

Answer 28

Solecism

Question 29

It don’t matter if you’re black or white.

Answer 29

Solecism