English - Lesson 2: To See the World in a Grain of Sand

Question 1

It expresses similarity between two different things. The comparison makes use of the connectives like, as, than or verbs like resembles, looks, etc.

Answer 1

simile

Question 2

It is an implied simile. It does not use connectives (as, like, than ) to make comparison.

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

It is an expression in which an abstract idea, an animal, or a thing is made human by attributing qualities or traits of a person to it.

Answer 3

personification

Question 4

It is an overstatement or an exaggeration of an idea to gain effect or emphasis. The opposite of this is understatement.

Answer 4

hyperbole

Question 5

It is used when the name of a thing is substituted for that of another term associated with it.

Answer 5

metonymy

Question 6

It is a form a form of metonymy which uses a part of a whole or vice versa to describe or refer more vividly to something.

Answer 6

synecdoche

Question 7

It is a statement that seems to be contradictory but is actually true.

Answer 7

paradox

Question 8

It is an expression used to mean the opposite.

Answer 8

irony

Question 9

It is directly addressing an abstract thing or concept, or some dead or absent person as though it were present or alive.

Answer 9

apostrophe

Question 10

It is a way of describing a present or current condition of a person, event, or place by alluding to or referring to a biblical, historical, literary, or mythical event, place, or character.

Answer 10

allusion

Question 11

What are the common devices used by poets to enhance poems with sound?

Answer 11

alliteration and assonance

Question 12

It is the effect created when the use of sounds contained in words work together to enhance the meaning; thereby, pleasant to the mind and to the ear.

Answer 12

euphony

Question 13

It is the opposite, as the sound effects of the words are harsh and discordant, but nevertheless, contribute to the meaning of the line in poetry.

Answer 13

cacophony

Question 14

It is used to create a pattern of similar consonant sounds that occur in successive words in a verse

Answer 14

alliteration

Question 15

It refers to the repetition of a vowel sound in successive words.

Answer 15

assonance

Question 16

He was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was the author of Auguries of Innocence

Answer 16

William Blake

Question 17

It is a word used as an expression of an emotion or sentiment. It is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence and is made distinct by a comma (,) or an exclamation point (!).

Answer 17

interjection

Question 18

It is used to create meaning, clarity, and emphasis in sentences.

Answer 18

punctuation

Question 19

These are the common punctuations used in sentences such as the period (.), the question mark (?), and the exclamation point (!). These punctuations mark a full stop.

Answer 19

end marks

Question 20

It is used to mark the end of a thought or an idea. When coordinating conjunctions are omitted in compound sentences, this is used to replace them.

Answer 20

semicolon (;)

Question 21

It is used to introduce a list, but not when the list is preceded by an action or linking verb, to show salutation in a business letter, and to show time.

Answer 21

colon (:)

Question 22

It is used to divide syllables in a word, to divide compound numbers, to put words together to form a compound modifier, and to separate a female’s maiden name with the married name

Answer 22

hyphen (-)

Question 23

It is used show omission of a letter from a word for the purpose of shortening the word and show possession.

Answer 23

apostrophe (‘)

Question 24

It is used to show number ranges

Answer 24

en-dash (–)

Question 25

It is used to put emphasis on the word/group of words that show interruption in a sentence

Answer 25

em-dash (—)

Question 26

These are used for words/group of words that do not strictly relate to the main idea of the sentence.

Answer 26

parentheses ()

Question 27

How many parts of speech do we have?

Answer 27

We have 7, formerly 8, parts of speech

Question 28

What are the Parts of Speech according to IMPORTANCE?

Answer 28

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction

Question 29

What are the 4 Kinds of sentences according to FUNCTION?

Answer 29

Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamatory

Question 30

What are the 4 Kinds of sentences according to STRUCTURE?

Answer 30

Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex

Question 31

What do you call sentences that don’t have punctuation marks?

Answer 31

run-on sentences