VOCAB cumulative #1

Question 1

Apostrophe

Answer 1

words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary or to an object or idea. Ex: Macbeth and dagger

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to a work of literature, film, etc.

Question 3

Synecdoche

Answer 3

a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part.

Question 4

Litotes

Answer 4

fig of speech in which a positive is stated by the negating its opposite.

Question 5

allegory

Answer 5

work of literature in which characters, events, and items are directly symbolic of specific social figures and themes.

Question 6

hyperbole

Answer 6

fig of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used

Question 7

imagery

Answer 7

writing that uses strong sensory detail.

Question 8

conceit

Answer 8

fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different.

Question 9

anaphora

Answer 9

repetition of specific phrases specifically used for dramatic or emphatic effect.

Question 10

onomatopoeia

Answer 10

fig or speech in twice words imitates sounds.

Question 11

alliteration

Answer 11

repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of the words.

Question 12

antithesis

Answer 12

fig of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meaning are balanced against each other.

Question 13

connotation

Answer 13

associations and implications beyond the literal def of a word. ex: thrift vs. cheap

Question 14

metonymy

Answer 14

a type of metaphor in twice something closely associated with a subject is substituted for it
ex: “the crown”

Question 15

personification

Answer 15

giving a non-living thing human/active qualities

Question 16

archetype

Answer 16

recurring, universal character quality/motif in literature

Question 17

anachronistic

Answer 17

a person or object out of date

Question 18

understatment

Answer 18

“shes not remarkably handsome”

Question 19

mock encomium

Answer 19

praise which is only apparent and which suggests blame instead

Question 20

mock epic

Answer 20

using elevated diction and devices form the epic or heroic deal with low or tribal subjects.

Question 21

grotesque

Answer 21

creating a tension between laughter and horror. (sick humor)

Question 22

comic juxtaposition

Answer 22

linking together with no commentary items which normally do not go together

Question 23

parody

Answer 23

mimicking the style and or techniques of something or someone else

Question 24

zeugma

Answer 24

ex: she opened her heart and the door to the orphan

Question 25

chiasmus

Answer 25

“has the church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the church” (JFK thingy)

Question 26

anecdote

Answer 26

brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.

Question 27

consonance

Answer 27

repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels such as pitter-patter

Question 28

aphorism

Answer 28

ex:”early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealth and wise.”

Question 29

anadiplosis

Answer 29

repletion of the last word ex: The crime was common, common be the pain”