English Midterm!!!!!!!!

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

the authors choice of words

Question 2

Punction

Answer 2

serves as a practical pause

Question 3

Sytnax

Answer 3

the arrangement and the order of a sentence

Question 4

imagary

Answer 4

Figurative language
and descriptive
language that adds
layers of understanding
to a text

Question 5

mood

Answer 5

The overall emotion or atmosphere
of a text.

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

The attitude an author takes towards
the subject he or she is writing
about.

Question 6

Ethos

Answer 6

Ethics of
Author
(Credibility/Trust)

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

Appeals to Logic

Question 7

Pathos

Answer 7

Appeals to Emotions

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

the use of
symbols to express or
represent ideas or qualities

Question 7

Musicality

Answer 7

Musicality of words refers to the sound
quality of the phonetic words themselves.

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

A figurative
meaning

Question 8

Foreshadowing

Answer 8

literary device
used to give an indication or
hint of what is to come later in
the story

Question 8

Denotation

Answer 8

A word’s
dictionary meaning

Question 8

verbal irony

Answer 8

when the
character says something
they could not possibly
mean for humorous effect

Question 9

Situational irony

Answer 9

when
something happens you
would very much never
expect to happen

Question 10

Dramatic irony

Answer 10

when the
audience knows something the
character(s) do not