week 1 vocab

Question 1

Figurative language

Answer 1

General Preferring to language that describes a thing in terms of something else

Question 2

Similie

Answer 2

a figure of speech used to compare using the words like and as

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

firgure of speech making comparisons w out lik and as

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

firgurw of speech in which an inanimate object gets human characteristics

Question 5

parrel structure

Answer 5

sentence structure using gramatical patterens to establish importance

Question 6

ironic

Answer 6

using words to convey a meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning

Question 7

synopsis

Answer 7

a breif summary of major parts in a story

Question 8

satire

Answer 8

a work that ridicules human vices, follies and comic criticism

Question 9

hyperbole

Answer 9

firgure of speech used to exaggerate

Question 10

caricature

Answer 10

descriptive writing that exaggerates distinctive features for comic or absurd affect

Question 11

epic

Answer 11

celebrat the feats of a legendary hero

Question 12

foreshadowing

Answer 12

an indication that something will happen later in the story

Question 13

anecote

Answer 13

a short account of an interesting or humorous incident