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Question 1

Ad Hominem

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Literacy term that comments on or against an opponent to undermine him instead of the argument.
Conscious and unconscious

Question 2

Adynaton

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A rhetorical device in a form of hyperbole where there is great exaggeration, where the act seems impossible

Question 3

Allusion

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A reference to a person, place, thing or event which the reader is presumably familiar to

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Anachronism

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An error of chronology in the literacy piece

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Anagnorisis

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Moment of insight in the pot where the protagonist shifts from ignorance to awareness.

Question 6

Analytical Essay

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The breaking down of something into parts, a dissection

Question 7

Anecdote

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A short, interesting story to demostrate a point

Question 8

Anthropomorphism

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A literacy device that can be defined as a technique where the writer gives human traits to animals

Question 9

Antithesis

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Juxtaposition of two opposing elements through grammatical structure

Question 10

Aporia

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A figure of speech where the speaker expresses doubt or perplexity regarding a question

Question 11

Appositive

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A noun or word followed by another noun or phrase the renames or identifies it

Question 12

Assertion

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Someone making a statement investing strong belief as it were true

Question 13

Atmosphere

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A literacy technique where there is a feeling from a narrative based on the details of the setting, background, objects

Question 14

Auditory imagery

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Used to explain things, ideas or actions using sounds that appeal to our sense of hearing

Question 15

Adage

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A short memorable saying based on facts, the truth

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Allegory

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Narrative where the events, actions, characters or setting represent specific abstractions or ideas

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Ambiguity

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A word, phrase or statement that has more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way

Question 18

Anti-climax

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Explaining a disappointing situation after being built up

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Antiphrasis

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A phrase or word is employed in a way that is opposite to its literal meaning for irony

Question 20

Apologia

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A speech delivered in defense of somebody or something.

Question 21

Aposiopesis

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The speaker or writer breaks off abruptly, and leaves the statement incomplete.

Question 22

Archaism

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It is a figure of speech in which a used phrase or word is considered very old fashioned and outdated.

Question 23

Attitude

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A behavior a person adopts toward other people

Question 24

Active Voice

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An active voice is a type of a clause or sentence in which a subject performs an action and expresses it through its representative verb. To

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Alliteration

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Repetition in two or more nearby words

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Amplification

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Embellishing a sentence or statement by adding further information.

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Analogy

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A figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses

Question 29

Apostrophe

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A speech that is addressed to a subject not present in the literacy word; could be dead, absent or inanimate

Question 30

Archetype

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A literary device in which a character is created based on a set of qualities or traits that are specific and identifiable for readers.