function words

Question 1

abstract language

Answer 1

vague and generalized speech, fill of references to intangible concepts

Question 2

accusation

Answer 2

charge of guilt/wrongdoing

Question 3

1. acknowledgement
2. counterargument
3. concession

Answer 3

1. recognition of the validity of an opposing idea
2. example/idea that supports an opposing argument, or that weakens an author’s argument
3. acknowledgement that an opposing view or argument is valid, or that part of one’s argument has a weakness

Question 4

allegory

Answer 4

an allegory is a story in which the main elements all function as symbols for something else. Although an allegory may be discussed or referred to in a passage, passages themselves are normally too short and concrete to serve as full-length allegories

Question 5

alliteration

Answer 5

repetition of the same sound at the beginnings of multiple words

Question 6

allusion

Answer 6

reference, usually to a work of art, literature, or well-known story or place

Question 7

anachronism

Answer 7

a person/object that is out of place in its time period and belongs in a different era

ex. trip to movie theater in a novel set in Medieval England

often used to help audience relate to the piece

Question 8

analogy

Answer 8

comparison, typically in the from “x is to y”, or either a simile or a metaphor

Question 9

extended analogy

Answer 9

analogy that continues beyond a single comparison, lasting for several sentences or even a paragraph

Question 10

anaphora

Answer 10

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of consecutive sentences/statements

ex. We shall …. we shall … we shall …

Question 11

(personal) anecdote

Answer 11

a brief story
(personal) -> told from an narrator’s pov

Question 12

antithesis

Answer 12

use of parallel structure to set opposing ideas in contrast to one another

Question 13

aside

Answer 13

parenthetical remark used to offer commentary or address the reader directly

Question 14

assertion