Summer Vocab List

Question 1

Abstract Language

Answer 1

Describes ideas and qualities - not observed things.

Question 2

Passive Voice

Answer 2

When the subject recieves the action

The ball was hit by the player

Question 2

Active Voice

Answer 2

The subject of the sentence performs the action.

The boy grabbed his books

Question 3

Ad hominem

Answer 3

“against the man”
when a writer attacks the opponents, not their arguments

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

An indirect referense

Question 5

Ambiguity

Answer 5

An event that can be interpreted in mulitple ways

Question 6

Analogy

Answer 6

Comparison to a directly parallel case

Question 7

Anaphora

Answer 7

Repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of sentences

Question 8

Anecdote

Answer 8

A breif, amusing recounting of a relevant episode

Question 9

Annotation

Answer 9

explanatory notes added to a text

Question 10

Antecedent

Answer 10

A word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

If I could command the wealth of all the world by lifting my finger, I would not pay such a price for it”

Question 11

Antithesis

Answer 11

two opposite or contrasting words/phrases

Question 12

Aphorism

Answer 12

A terse statement that expresses general truth

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent/imaginary person

Question 14

Appositive

Answer 14

A word/words placed beside a noun to supplement its meaning

Bob, the lumber yard worker spoke with Judy, an accountant

Question 15

Argumentation

Answer 15

To prove your idea is valid by presenting good reasoning

Question 16

Colloquial

Answer 16

Ordinary, or familiar type of convo

Question 17

Concrete Language

Answer 17

Language describing specific/observed things

Question 18

Diction

Answer 18

Word choice/style

formal, informal, ornate, plain

Question 19

Emotional appeal -Pathos

Answer 19

appeal to an audiences emotions

Question 20

Ethical Appeal -Ethos

Answer 20

to persuade the audience to respect/ believe you

Question 21

Didactic

Answer 21

describes literature that teaches a specific lesson/moral

Question 22

Euphenism

Answer 22

An agreeable or less offensive substitue for unpleasant words

“Physically challenged” not “crippled”

Question 23

Genre

Answer 23

Major category into which literary work fits

autobiography, biography, diares, criticism, essays, journals, political, scientific, nature

Question 24

Homily

Answer 24

"sermon" - serious talk, speech/lecture involving morals

Question 25

Hyperbole

Answer 25

An exaggeration - mostly comedies to create irony

Question 26

Imagery

Answer 26

words that paint a picture

Question 27

Invective

Answer 27

Emotionally violent, or verbal attacks

Question 28

loose or non-periodic sentence

Answer 28

A sentence in which the main idea is first, followed by phrases/clauses A loose, informal, relaxed style I arrived at the San Diego Airport after a long, bumpy ride and multiple delays.

Question 29

Irony

Answer 29

When the oppossite of what you expect to happen does

Question 30

Verbal Irony

Answer 30

When you say somthing and mean the opposite being forced to run a mile in 8 minutes, and calling it a walk in the park

Question 31

Dramatic Irony

Answer 31

When the audience knows something that the main character doesn't When the audience in horror movies knows who the killer is, but the victims don't

Question 32

Situational Irony

Answer 32

When something in the plot turns out funny Sneaking into a movie theatre, and then figuring out kids were admitted for free

Question 33

Litotes (little teel)

Answer 33

A form of understatement opposite of hyperbole It's not that bad, i just have a little brain tumor

Question 34

Metonymy

Answer 34

Changed label/substitute name When the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated the president declared vs the white house declared

Question 35

Parallelism

Answer 35

"beside one another" gramatical/ rhetorical framing or words/phrases to give structural similarity

Question 36

Style

Answer 36

1. the evaluation of the sum of choices an author makes with literary devices 2. Comparing an author to similar authors by style

Question 37

synecdoche

Answer 37

A figure of speech in which the part of something is used to represent a whole calling a boat a sail calling a car wheels

Question 38

Syntax

Answer 38

Syn (together) + tax (arrangement) The actual way words/sentences are placed today in writing