APLAC Glossary Test 9/22

Question 1

Antecedent

Answer 1

The noun or pronoun from which a pronoun derives its meaning

Question 2

Apostrophe

Answer 2

Figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker

Question 3

Apotheosis

Answer 3

When a character or a thing is elevated to such a high status that it appears godlike

Question 4

Appositive

Answer 4

A word or phrase that follows a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity

Question 5

Argument

Answer 5

To convince the reader to agree with a point of view, to make a given decision, or to pursue a particular course of action

Question 6

Assertion

Answer 6

The thesis or proposition that writer puts forward in arguement

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

A type of internal rhyming in which vowel sounds are repeated

Question 8

Assumption

Answer 8

A belief or principle, stated or implied, that is taken for granted

Question 9

Asyndeton

Answer 9

Occurs when the conjunctions that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expresses in balanced phrases or clauses