English 2 Vocab 1

Question 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Alliteration

Question 3

comparisons between two or more things that share similar features.

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Analogy Allusion

Question 4

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Antithesis

Question 5

who the author writes their piece for

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Audience

Question 6

his reason for or intent in writing

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Author’s Purpose

Question 7

the subject of the sentence performs the action.

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Active Voice

Question 8

a feeling or idea that a word has

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Connotative

Question 9

Comparison in writing discusses elements that are similar, while contrast in writing discusses elements that are different

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Compare and Contrast

Question 10

placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences.

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Juxtaposition

Question 11

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

Question 12

a figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another

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Metaphor

Question 13

the repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

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Anaphora

Question 13

is a form of repetition in which a word or words is repeated at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

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Epiphora

Question 14

the repetition of a word or phrase within a sentence or group of sentences

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Parallelism

Question 15

a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings

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Oxymoron

Question 16

a figure of speech in which a person, situation, word, or object is used to represent another thing

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Symbolism

Question 17

a literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects

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Personification

Question 18

a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order

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Chiasmus

Question 18

a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.

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Paradox

Question 19

a temporary state of mind or feeling

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Mood

Question 20

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, or situation

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Tone

Question 21

mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

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Euphemism

Question 22

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

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Irony

Question 23

asked to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.

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Rhetorical

Question 24

problem, puzzle, or predicament with an obvious and direct solution

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Situation

Question 25

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Onomatopoeia

Question 26

the tone or mood in a piece of writing is changed to define characters or make a novel or poem more interesting, engaging, and effective.

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Shift

Question 27

a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words “like” or “as.”

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simile

Question 28

a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.

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Theme