lang

Question 1

denotation

Answer 1

the specific, exact meaning of a word, independent of its emotional coloration or associations

Question 2

homily

Answer 2

literally means “sermon” but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice

Question 3

idiom

Answer 3

a use of words, a grammatical construction peculiar to a given language, or an expression that cannot be translated literally into a second language

Question 4

formal Diction

Answer 4

refers to the level of usage common in serious books and lofty dicourse

Question 5

informal Diction

Answer 5

refers to the level of usage found in the relaxed but polite and cultivated conversation

Question 6

colloquial Diction

Answer 6

refers to everyday usage and may includle terms and constructions accepted in that group but not universally acceptable

Question 7

slang

Answer 7

refers to a group of newly coined word that are not yet a part of formal usage

Question 8

pun

Answer 8

a play on words, it exploits the multiple meanings of a word or else replaces one word with another that is similar in sound but has a very different meaning

Question 9

auditory imagery

Answer 9

the representation through language of an experience pertaining to sound

Question 10

gustatory imagery

Answer 10

the representation through language of an experience pertaining taste

Question 11

kinesthetic imagery

Answer 11

the representation through language of an experience pertaining to the movement of body muscles, tendons, and joints

Question 12

olfactory imagery

Answer 12

the representation through language of an experience pertain to smell

Question 13

tactile imagery

Answer 13

the representation through language of an experience pertaining to touch

Question 14

visual imagery

Answer 14

the representation through language of a experience pertaining to sight

Question 15

alliteration

Answer 15

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words

Question 16

assonance

Answer 16

the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, without repetition of consonants

Question 17

consonance

Answer 17

the repetition of consonant sounds not limited to the first letters of words

Question 18

onomatopoeia

Answer 18

the use of word whose sounds suggest its meaning

Question 19

euphemism

Answer 19

a mild word or phrase that substitutes for another that would be undesirable because it is too direct, unpleasant, or offensive

Question 20

hyperbole

Answer 20

figurative language that greatly overstates of exaggerates facts, whether in earnest or for comic effect

Question 21

litotes

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understatement purposefully represents a thing as much less significant that it is , achieving an ironic effect

Question 22

metaphor

Answer 22

a word is identified with something different from what the word literally denotes

Question 23

metonymy

Answer 23

a figure of speech in which a word represents something else which it suggests

Question 24

oxymoron

Answer 24

a type of paradox that combines two terms ordinarily seen as opposites

Question 25

paradox

Answer 25

a statement that contains seemingly contradictory elements or appears contrary to common sense, yet can be seen as perhaps, or indeed, true when viewed from another angle