english

Question 1

assonance

Answer 1

• repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

Question 2

anaphora

Answer 2

the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.

Question 3

enjambment

Answer 3

poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

Question 4

Tone

Answer 4

The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader

Question 5

allegory

Answer 5

– a story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden message(moral)

Question 6

allusion

Answer 6

something that the author infers that the audience knows. It is up to the audience to connect all the information and create the allusion

Question 7

epistrophe

Answer 7

repetition of a word at the end of a line or sentence.

Question 8

emotive language

Answer 8

word choices that are intended to get an emotional reaction or arouse an emotion

Question 9

hyperbole

Answer 9

exaggerated statements or claims

Question 10

jargon

Answer 10

special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

Question 11

jargon

Answer 11

special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.

Question 12

juxtaposition

Answer 12

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 13

juxtaposition

Answer 13

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 14

oxymoron

Answer 14

self-contradicting word or group of words

Question 15

oxymoron

Answer 15

self-contradicting word or group of words

Question 16

consance

Answer 16

repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighbouring words whose vowel sounds are different.

Question 17

extended metaphor

Answer 17

version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry

Question 18

motif

Answer 18

motif is a distinctive repeating feature or idea

Question 19

figurative language

Answer 19

the use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colourful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison

Question 20

idiom

Answer 20

• phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase