English

Question 1

Phoneme

Answer 1

Smallest unit of sound

Question 2

Grapheme

Answer 2

Smallest unit of written language

Question 3

Graphology

Answer 3

Study written symbol

Question 4

Phonology

Answer 4

Study of sound system

Question 5

Semantics

Answer 5

Meaning of language

Question 6

Syntax

Answer 6

Grammar, language structure

Question 7

Pragmatics

Answer 7

Function of language

Question 8

Homograph

Answer 8

Words that are spelled like but different meaning

Question 9

Homophones

Answer 9

Word same sound but different spelling and meaning

Question 10

Homonyms

Answer 10

Words have same spelling and sound but different meaning

Question 11

Filipinism

Answer 11

Contain additional meaning particular to filipino users of English (blow-out)

Question 12

Denotation

Answer 12

Literal meaning

Question 13

Connotation

Answer 13

Emotional meaning

Question 14

Jargon

Answer 14

the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession.

Question 15

Melapropisms

Answer 15

the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ).

Question 16

Colloquialism

Answer 16

word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

Question 17

Cliche

Answer 17

phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

Question 18

Voiceless
Voice

Answer 18

Ptk
Bdg

Question 19

Fable

Answer 19

short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Question 20

Parable

Answer 20

simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.

Question 21

Folktale

Answer 21

story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth

Question 22

Legend

Answer 22

very old story or set of stories from ancient times, or the stories, not always true, that people tell about a famous event or person

Question 23

mythology

Answer 23

collection of myths or stories about a specific person, culture, religion, or any group with shared beliefs

Question 24

Fairy tale

Answer 24

traditional story written for children that usually involves imaginary creatures and magic.

Question 25

short story

Answer 25

brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.

Question 26

Novel

Answer 26

fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

Question 27

Novella

Answer 27

short novel or long short story.

Question 28

Essay

Answer 28

short piece of writing on a particular subject.

Question 29

Biography

Answer 29

an account of someone’s life written by someone else

Question 30

Autobiography

Answer 30

the biography of a person narrated by that person : a usually written account of a person’s life in their own words.

Question 31

Diary/journal

Answer 31

book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences

Question 32

Documentary

Answer 32

consisting of official pieces of written, printed, or other matter.

Question 33

Poetry

Answer 33

literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm

Question 34

Song

Answer 34

a short piece of music, usually with words.

Question 35

Sonnet

Answer 35

fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme

Question 36

Nursery rhymes

Answer 36

short songs and verses often read or sung to, or by, young children.

Question 37

Limerick

Answer 37

humorous poem five lines long in which the first, second, and fifth lines have one rhyme and the third and fourth another

Question 38

Couplet

Answer 38

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Question 39

Cinquain

Answer 39

poem or stanza composed of five lines.

Question 40

Ode

Answer 40

poem expressing the writer’s thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject, usually written to that person or subject:

Question 41

Elegy

Answer 41

a song or poem lamenting one who is dead

Question 42

Haiku

Answer 42

specific type of Japanese poem which has 17 syllables divided into three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables

Question 43

Ballad

Answer 43

poem that tells a story of adventure, of romance, or of a hero, that is suitable for singing, and that usually has stanzas of four lines with a rhyme on the second and fourth lines

Question 44

Epic

Answer 44

long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

Question 45

metrical tale

Answer 45

told in metrical poetry, or verse. Another definition is a story told in rhythmic poetry.

Question 46

free verse

Answer 46

poetry that does not rhyme and does not have a regular rhythm.

Question 47

Blank verse

Answer 47

refers to poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

Question 48

Idyll

Answer 48

short poem, descriptive of rustic life,

Question 49

Epigram

Answer 49

short saying or poem that expresses an idea in a smart, funny way

Question 50

Acrostic

Answer 50

composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (such as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet

Question 51

Tradegy

Answer 51

very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering

Question 52

Comedy

Answer 52

play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending