Day 1 Terms

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images (ideas and qualities rather that observable or specific things, people, or places). The observable or “physical” is usually described in concrete language.

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

an extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric.

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point

Question 4

Annotation

Answer 4

explanatory notes added to a text to explain, cite sources, or give bibliographical data

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs. “to be or not to be”… Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country….”

Question 6

Aphorism

Answer 6

a short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life: “Early birds gets the worm.”

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, pr personified abstraction.