Vocabulary

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

a story in which people,things, and happening have a hidden pr symbolic meaning. Allegory is use for teaching or explaining ideas,moral,principles,etc.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

the repetition of consonants or sounds at the beginning of two or more words in a line of poetry

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning or explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

Question 4

Ambiguity

Answer 4

A statement of sentence which could have more than one possible interpretation

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

Question 6

Colloquial

Answer 6

The characteristics of writing that seeks the effort of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

Noun(1):what you ,use know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Noun(2): an idea that is implied or suggested

Question 8

Denotation

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The exact, literal meaning of a word

Question 9

Diction

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Word choice, or general character of the language used by the author

Question 10

Extended metaphor

Answer 10

Metaphor that is developed in great detail. The author takes a single meta-hour and employs it at length, using various subjects, images, ideas and situations

Question 11

Figurative language

Answer 11

language that’s intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words involved.

Question 12

Genre

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a category of artistic composition, as in musical,or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 14

Inference/infer

Answer 14

an idea or conclusion that’s drawn from evidence and reasoning. An inference is an educated guess.

Question 15

Irony/ironical (verbal, situational, dramatic)

Answer 15

Verbal irony occurs when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying

Situational irony occurs when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you’d expect the result to be

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows a key piece of information that a character in a play, movie or novel does not

Question 16

Personification

Answer 16

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

Question 17

Point of View

Answer 17

who is telling a story, who is narrating it

ex. 1st,2nd,3rd person point of view

Question 18

Prose

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“ordinary writing” — made up of sentences and paragraphs, without any metrical (or rhyming) structure.

Question 19

Repetition

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describe something that is repeated over and over

Question 20

Rhetoric

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speaking or writing that’s intended to persuade

Question 21

Satire

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a way of making fun of people by using silly or exaggerated language

Question 22

Semantics

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the study of meaning in language. Refers to the different meanings of words, phrases, signs, or other symbols

Question 23

Symbolism

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a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning

Question 24

Theme

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an underlying topic of a discussion or a recurring idea in an artistic work

Question 25

Thesis

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a statement or central idea that a writer puts forward at the beginning of an argument, and will support throughout the following text

Question 26

Tone

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an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

Question 27

Transition

Answer 27

are words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. Transitions help to make a piece of writing flow better

Question 28

Voice

Answer 28

The form or a format through which narrators tell their stories.