lang terms 2

Question 1

I wish I could just click my heels. (The Wizard of Oz)

Answer 1

allusion

Question 2

No pain, no gain.

Answer 2

antithesis

Question 3

When there are two people in this room; Jonny and his brother and you know that both do not wear spectacles, it means that Jonny also does not wear spectacles. Therefore, both have good eyesight.

Answer 3

deduction

Question 4

split (divorce)

Answer 4

euphemism

Question 5

a dentist with severe tooth decay

Answer 5

situational irony

Question 6

Laughter is the best medicine.

Answer 6

metaphor

Question 7

The buzzing bee flew away.

Answer 7

onomatopoeia

Question 8

less is more

Answer 8

paradox

Question 9

Light as a feather

Answer 9

simile

Question 10

“If we permit gay individuals to get married, what’s next? Permitting people to marry their dogs?”

Answer 10

fallacy

Question 11

what is an allusion? provide an example

Answer 11

a casual reference
(her spray tan is so orange she looks like donald trump)

Question 12

what is antithesis? provide an example

Answer 12

2 opposing ideas in a non-literal expressive way
(less is more)

Question 13

what is deduction? provide an example

Answer 13

building an argument through thrinking about a general statement, and coming to a conclusion from that
(this person is the professor because he is standing at the front of the room, and setting up at the front desk)

Question 14

what is a euphemism? provide an example

Answer 14

a word that replaces a controversial one
(pass away instead of death)

Question 15

what is situational irony? provide an example

Answer 15

when something takes place that is the opposite of what is expected to happen
(a teacher failing a test they made)

Question 16

what is a metaphor? provide an example

Answer 16

comparison between two non similar things
(life is a highway)

Question 17

what is onomatopoeia? provide an example

Answer 17

a word that sounds like what it refers to
(duck went quack)

Question 18

what is a paradox? provide an example

Answer 18

a statement that seems contradictory
(jumbo shrimp)

Question 19

what is a simile? provide an example

Answer 19

a comparison using “like” or “as”
(pretty as a peach)

Question 20

what is a fallacy? provide an example

Answer 20

argument dependent on unsound reasoning
(the existence of god)