Vocab 1

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

Something whose meaning is uncertain.

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

A comparison between two different items.

Question 3

Contrast

Answer 3

To show differences.

Question 4

Denotation

Answer 4

The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

Question 5

Diction

Answer 5

The author’s choice of words.

Question 6

Euphemism

Answer 6

A more acceptable way of saying something that causes discomfort

Question 7

Genre

Answer 7

The major category into which a literary work fits.

Question 8

Homily

Answer 8

A serious talk that involves moral or spiritual advice.

Question 9

Chronological

Answer 9

Arranged according to time order.

Question 10

Clause

Answer 10

A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

Question 11

Infer

Answer 11

To conclude from evidence.

Question 12

Loose sentence

Answer 12

A sentence in which the independent clause comes first.

Question 13

Narrative

Answer 13

The telling of a story

Question 14

Metonymy

Answer 14

A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for another closely associated with it.

Question 15

Paradox

Answer 15

A statement that appears self contradictory.

Question 16

Repetition

Answer 16

The duplication of any sound, word, phrase, or grammatical pattern.

Question 17

Sarcasm

Answer 17

Bitter language that is intended to hurt a person or thing.

Question 18

Sophistication

Answer 18

Wisdom caused by world experience

Question 19

Synesthetic

Answer 19

Involving more than one sense.

Question 20

Subject Complement

Answer 20

The word or words that follow a linking verb

Question 21

Anecdote

Answer 21

A short account of an incident.

Question 22

Antecedent

Answer 22

The word to which a pronoun refers.

Question 23

Comparison

Answer 23

A statement of similarities.

Question 24

Conceit

Answer 24

A comparison of two highly dissimilar things.

Question 25

Diatribe

Answer 25

A bitter verbal attack.

Question 26

Hyperbole

Answer 26

An extreme exaggeration.

Question 27

Mood

Answer 27

The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work.

Question 28

Parallelism

Answer 28

The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences

Question 29

Parody

Answer 29

An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work (double check the answer)

Question 30

Periodic sentence

Answer 30

A sentence with the independent clause at the the end.

Question 31

Rhetoric

Answer 31

The art of using language effectively.

Question 32

Predicate Adjective

Answer 32

The adjective that follows a linking verb

Question 33

Satire

Answer 33

A work that ridicules humans or social institutions. (Has sophisticated irony)

Question 34

Semantics

Answer 34

The meaning of a word or sentence

Question 35

Synecdoche

Answer 35

A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing.

Question 36

Understatement

Answer 36

The presentation of something as less important than it really is.

Question 37

Wit

Answer 37

Intellectual language that surprises and delights

Question 38

Colloquial

Answer 38

Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech.

Question 39

Aphorism

Answer 39

A brief statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth.

Question 40

Ad Hominem

Answer 40

Appealing to a person's prejudices

Question 41

Atmosphere

Answer 41

The mood created from setting details

Question 42

Connotation

Answer 42

A meaning associated with a word

Question 43

Coherent

Answer 43

Following an orderly logical pattern that is easy to understand

Question 44

Didactic

Answer 44

Morally instructive

Question 45

Discourse

Answer 45

conversation

Question 46

Invective

Answer 46

a verbally abusive attack

Question 47

Mode

Answer 47

a method or form

Question 48

Oxymoron

Answer 48

a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

Question 49

Pedantic

Answer 49

tending to be overly scholarly or overly observant to rules

Question 50

Predicate Nominative

Answer 50

a noun, a group of nouns, or clause that renames a subject

Question 51

Prose

Answer 51

Any writing that is not poetry or drama

Question 52

Style

Answer 52

The unique way an author presents his ideas.

Question 53

Syllogism

Answer 53

A logical argument that presents two premises from which a conclusion is drawn.

Question 54

Subordinate Clause

Answer 54

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but can't stand alone as a complete thought.

Question 55

Syntax

Answer 55

The way in which words are arranged in a sentence.

Question 56

Chiasmus

Answer 56

A reversal in the word order of two parallel phrases or clauses

Question 57

Pun

Answer 57

A humorous use of a word

Question 58

Enthymene

Answer 58

A syllogism with one premise omitted.

Question 59

Antithesis

Answer 59

two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner

Question 60

Apostrophe

Answer 60

a poetic device in which the speaker addresses an idea or a person who is not present.

Question 61

Declarative sentence

Answer 61

A sentence that makes a statement of fact

Question 62

Elegiac

Answer 62

Expressing sorrow for that which is in the past

Question 63

Gothic

Answer 63

Old fashioned (sometimes to the point of being barbarous or crude)

Question 64

Idyllic

Answer 64

Simple, tranquil, and carefree

Question 65

Epithet

Answer 65

A descriptive word or phrase that stresses the dominant trait of a noun

Question 66

Facetious

Answer 66

playfully humourous

Question 67

Laudatory

Answer 67

expressing praise

Question 68

Imperative Sentence

Answer 68

a sentence that makes a command

Question 69

Litotes

Answer 69

A type of understatement that asserts a point by denying its negative.

Question 70

Lugubrious

Answer 70

Dismal or gloomy especially to an exaggerated degree

Question 71

Macabre

Answer 71

Suggesting the horror of death and decay

Question 72

Maudlin

Answer 72

expressively sentimental

Question 73

Nostalgia

Answer 73

A bittersweet longing for things of the past

Question 74

Rhapsodic

Answer 74

Impassioned, enthusiastic, and ecstatic

Question 75

Appositive

Answer 75

a word or phrase that directly follows the noun it modifies

Question 76

Obloquy

Answer 76

public condination

Question 77

Paean

Answer 77

A song of praise or joy

Question 78

phrase

Answer 78

a grouping of words without a subject, verb, or both.

Question 79

Assertion

Answer 79

The thesis of an essay

Question 80

Discordant

Answer 80

Disagreeable in sound

Question 81

Cacophony

Answer 81

Harsh, discordant sounds in literary work

Question 82

Comic relief

Answer 82

A humorous character or scene inserted between tragic events in a literary work

Question 83

Deconstruct

Answer 83

To break something into pats in order to understand the meanings of the parts

Question 84

Epigraph

Answer 84

A quotation at the beginning or a literary work

Question 85

Euphony

Answer 85

The presentation of pleasant sounds in a work

Question 86

Exclamatory sentence

Answer 86

A sentence that shows excitement and ends in an exclamation point.

Question 87

Exposition

Answer 87

Background information presented in a work

Question 88

Flashback

Answer 88

A device that allows the writer to refer to past events

Question 89

Ibid

Answer 89

The same as the source above

Question 90

Monologue

Answer 90

A speech given by one character

Question 91

Parable

Answer 91

A story that operates on more than one level and teaches a moral

Question 92

Polysyndeton

Answer 92

The presence of many conjunctions between clauses.

Question 93

Subordination

Answer 93

The process of giving one idea in a sentence less emphasis than another idea in a sentence.

Question 94

Urbane

Answer 94

Refined often in an elegant matter