Notes 1-20

Question 1

short, simple narrative of an incident, often humorous or to make a point

Answer 1

Anecdote

Question 2

writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view presenting “reasoned” arguments

Answer 2

Argumentation

Question 3

extended narrative of an incident in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities of a deeper meaning

Answer 3

Allegory

Question 4

explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographic data

Answer 4

Annotation

Question 5

the presentation of two contrasting images, balanced by words, phrases, clauses, or paragraphs

Answer 5

Antithesis

Question 6

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

Answer 6

Rhetoric

Question 7

a word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing but is often inappropriate in formal writing

Answer 7

Colloquialism

Question 8

words suggesting implied meaning because of its association in the reader’s mind

Answer 8

Connotation

Question 9

repetition of identical consonant sounds with two or more words in close proximity: boot/beat/best/brag…

Answer 9

Consonance

Question 10

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a fact of personality

Answer 10

Caricature

Question 11

a short, often witty, statement of principle or truth about life

Answer 11

Aphorism

Question 12

usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a person, place, or thing

Answer 12

Apostrophe

Question 13

also referred to as dissonance… hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used to deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of euphony

Answer 13

Cacophony

Question 14

actual meaning/definition of a word

Answer 14

Denotation

Question 15

a rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. In fact, it is a type of amplification or division in which a subject is further distributed into components or parts. Writers use this to clarify and detail understanding

Answer 15

Enumeration

Question 16

a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. Similes and metaphors are employed to develop as an analogy

Answer 16

Analogy

Question 17

the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Answer 17

Parallelism

Question 18

a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

Answer 18

Metonymy

Question 19

quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea/theme or organizing principle

Answer 19

Coherence

Question 20

brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical culture, literary, or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which refers, just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess knowledge to spot allusion and grasp it’s importance in text

Answer 20

Allusion