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 7

Ethos

Answer 7

Ethics of
Author
(Credibility/Trust)

Question 8

Logos

Answer 8

Appeals to Logic

Question 9

Pathos

Answer 9

Appeals to Emotions

Question 10

Symbolism

Answer 10

the use of
symbols to express or
represent ideas or qualities

Question 11

Musicality

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Connotation

Answer 12

A figurative
meaning

Question 13

Foreshadowing

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Denotation

Answer 14

A word’s
dictionary meaning

Question 15

verbal irony

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Situational irony

Answer 16

when
something happens you
would very much never
expect to happen

Question 17

Dramatic irony

Answer 17

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