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Question 1

theme

Answer 1

the author’s message about life or some aspect of it

Question 2

irony

Answer 2

an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen

Question 3

figurative language

Answer 3

writing that departs from its literal meaning usually for dramatic effect

Question 4

imagery

Answer 4

describing something using 1 or more senses

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

an exaggeration or overstatement usually for comic effect

Question 6

understatement

Answer 6

writing that presents information as less significant than it really is

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

an indirect comparison using like or as

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

a direct comparison between two dissimilar things

Question 9

extended metaphor

Answer 9

a direct comparison using more then one phrase or sentence

Question 10

personification

Answer 10

giving inanimate objects human like qualities or characteristics

Question 11

symbol

Answer 11

when a noun/idea/thing in a literary work represents something greater than itself

Question 12

oxymoron

Answer 12

putting two contradictory words together in a sentence

Question 13

syntax

Answer 13

sentence structure; the ordering of words in a sentence

Question 14

style

Answer 14

the way something is said as opposed to what is said

Question 15

tone

Answer 15

the writers attitude towards a subject

Question 16

purpose

Answer 16

the goal the writer wants to achieve

Question 17

rhetoric

Answer 17

the art of speaking or writing effectively

Question 18

logos

Answer 18

logic; the writers use of reason and logic

Question 19

ethos

Answer 19

credibility; the writers emphasis and creation of speakers credibility

Question 20

pathos’s

Answer 20

emotions; the writer tapping into tho the audience’s emotions, values, and desires

Question 21

denotation

Answer 21

the dictionary definition

Question 22

connotation

Answer 22

the meaning that is implied by a word from the thing it describes explicitly

Question 23

rhetorical question

Answer 23

a question whose answer is so obvious and thus does not need to be answered

Question 24

pun

Answer 24

a play on words that often has a comic effect

Question 25

alliteration

Answer 25

the repetition of initial consonants in words closely to one another

Question 26

circumlocution

Answer 26

talking around a word/subject

Question 27

euphemism

Answer 27

a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable

Question 28

satire

Answer 28

writing that mock, ridiculous, or criticizes individual’s social conventions or other works of art

Question 29

repetition

Answer 29

the careful use of the same words or close parallels to clarify meaning and tie sentences together

Question 30

anaphora

Answer 30

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of seccessive clauses or sentences

Question 31

anecdote

Answer 31

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Question 32

juxtaposition

Answer 32

to place two or more things together especially to suggest a link between them

Question 33

allusion

Answer 33

a brief reference to a real or fictitious person, place, event, or work of art

Question 34

efficacy

Answer 34

the ability to produce desired result

Question 35

exigence

Answer 35

a problem that can be resolved or changed by discourse

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paradox

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a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

Question 37

antithesis

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the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences

Question 38

analogy

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a comparison between two things that are similar in some way

Question 39

parallelism

Answer 39

the use of similar grammatical form for ideas of equal importance

Question 40

periodic sentence

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a sentence that leaves the main clause to the end, to produce an effect of suspense

Question 41

motif

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the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop a theme

Question 42

inductive reasoning

Answer 42

the method of reasoning that moves from the particular to the general

Question 43

deductive reasoning

Answer 43

the method of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific

Question 44

idiom

Answer 44

a saying, phrase, or fixed expression in a culture that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning

Question 45

conceit

Answer 45

a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way