Chapter 10 - Language

Question 1

any formal system of gestures, signs, sounds, and symbols used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, either through written, enacted, or spoken means

Answer 1

language

Question 2

specific meaning associated with a word

Answer 2

denotative

Question 3

language devices often used to make something unpleasant sound more tolerable

Answer 3

euphemism

Question 4

pleasant speaking about unpleasant things

Answer 4

euphemism

Question 5

language that evokes many different visual images in the minds of your audience

Answer 5

abstract language

Question 6

first aspect of clarity

Answer 6

concreteness

Question 7

language that does not use comparisons like similes and metaphors

Answer 7

literal language

Question 8

language that uses metaphors and similes to compare things that may not be alike

Answer 8

figurative language

Question 9

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Answer 9

similes

Question 10

a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two

Answer 10

metaphors

Question 11

predictable and generally overused expressions; usually similes

Answer 11

cliches

Question 12

language that makes the recipient smell, taste, see, hear, and feel a sensation; also known as sensory language

Answer 12

imagery

Question 13

what can you use to avoid cliches

Answer 13

imagery

Question 14

language used in a specific field that may or may not be understood by others

Answer 14

jargon

Question 15

a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are specific to a subculture or group that others may not understand

Answer 15

slang

Question 16

the repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence or passage

Answer 16

assonance

Question 17

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sentence or passage

Answer 17

alliteration

Question 18

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, or grammatical structures

Answer 18

antithesis

Question 19

the repetition of grammatical structures that correspond in sound, meter, or meaning

Answer 19

parallelism

Question 20

the succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words

Answer 20

anaphora

Question 21

intentional exaggeration for effect

Answer 21

hyperbole

Question 22

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Answer 22

irony

Question 23

how persons and groups should be referred to an addressed based on inclusiveness and context

Answer 23

appropriateness

Question 24

a group an individual identifies with based on a common culture

Answer 24

ethnic identity