English 8/25/15

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Points out a similarity between two unlike things

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

Exaggeration for effect

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

A contradiction between what happens and what is expected

Question 6

Situational Irony

Answer 6

When something happens that contradicts the expectations of the characters or audience

Question 7

Verbal Irony

Answer 7

When something contradictory is said

Question 8

Dramatic Irony

Answer 8

When the audience is aware of something that the character or speaker is not

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

The feeling created in the reader by literary work or passage

Question 10

Theme

Answer 10

A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work

Question 11

Universal Theme

Answer 11

A message about life that is expressed regularly in many different cultures and time periods

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

The writer’s attitude towards his or her audience and subject; can be an informal, serious, playful, bitter, or ironic.

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

The sequence of events in a story; includes an exposition, the rising action, climax, the rising action, and the resolution

Question 14

Nonchalant

Answer 14

Marked by blithe and unconcern

Question 15

Opulent

Answer 15

Rich and superior in quality

Question 16

Precocious

Answer 16

Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)

Question 17

Pretentious

Answer 17

Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

Question 18

Provocative

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Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

Question 19

Reconciliation

Answer 19

The reestablishing of cordial relations

Question 20

Resilient

Answer 20

Capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture; tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change

Question 21

Figurative Language

Answer 21

Language not to be taken literally