Vocab Week 4

Question 1

Myth

Answer 1

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

Question 2

Pun

Answer 2

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings

Question 3

Sarcasm

Answer 3

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt

Question 4

Scene

Answer 4

the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred.

Question 5

Slang

Answer 5

a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.

Question 6

Stage Directions

Answer 6

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

Question 7

Stereotype

Answer 7

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Question 8

Suspense

Answer 8

a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.

Question 9

Synonym

Answer 9

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language

Question 10

Thesis

Answer 10

a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

Question 11

Topic

Answer 11

a matter dealt with in a text, discourse, or conversation; a subject.

Question 12

Understatement

Answer 12

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.