English 9H 9/13/23 quiz

Question 1

tone

Answer 1

mood implied by an author’s word choice and the way a text can make a reader feel

Question 2

foreshadow

Answer 2

suggestions/warnings about events to come

Question 3

symbolism

Answer 3

the use of a concrete image to represent an abstract idea

Question 4

contrast

Answer 4

comparing 2 things in order to show the difference between them

Question 5

flashback

Answer 5

a scene that interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character’s life.

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

uses vivid description that appeals to a readers’ senses to create

Question 7

diction

Answer 7

(word choices) linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story

Question 8

mood

Answer 8

emotional quality of a story that is created through the writer’s use of language (tone creates mood)

Question 9

alliteration

Answer 9

repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession

Question 10

irony

Answer 10

a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story

Question 11

allusion

Answer 11

brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

Question 12

allegory

Answer 12

stuff that are never really the things themselves, but instead are representations of something else

Question 13

dialogue

Answer 13

a stylized written or spoken exchange between two or more people

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metaphor

Answer 14

compares two unrelated things by saying one of those things is the other

Question 15

simile

Answer 15

compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

Question 16

personification

Answer 16

gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects

Question 17

hyperbole

Answer 17

used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration

Question 18

anecdote

Answer 18

a very short story that is significant to the topic at hand; usually adding personal knowledge or experience to the topic

Question 19

empirical evidence

Answer 19

information gathered directly or indirectly through observation or experimentation

Question 20

repitition

Answer 20

using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech

Question 21

rhetorical questions

Answer 21

used to persuade or subtly influence the audience. a question asked not for the answer, but for the effect. Oftentimes, a rhetorical question is used to emphasize a point or just to get the audience thinking.

Question 22

analogy

Answer 22

two unlike things are compared and explained in order to form an argument or demonstrate a point (e.g. time is money, so spend it wisely)

Question 23

parallelism

Answer 23

parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction

Question 24

denotation/connotation

Answer 24

connotation: positive/negative associations (e.g. gang) of words
denotation: literal dictionary definition

Question 25

anaphora

Answer 25

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

Question 26

paradox

Answer 26

a statement that appears to contradict itself but upon further inspection reveals a deeper truth, meaning, or joke

Question 27

syntax

Answer 27

the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence