English Summer Assignment

Question 1

Transition

Answer 1

Latin; n. Words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs

Question 2

Point of View

Answer 2

French; n. the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told

Question 3

Thesis

Answer 3

Greek; n. a statement in a non fiction or a fiction work that says what writer intends to support and prove

Question 4

Voice

Answer 4

Latin; n. the individual style of an author

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

Latin; n. the action of repeating something that has already been said or written

Question 6

Figure of Speech

Answer 6

Latin/ English; n. a word or phrase used in a non- literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

Latin; n. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

French; n. visually descriptive or figurative language in literary work

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

Latin; n. the literal or primary meaning of a work

Question 10

Allegory

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Situational Irony

Answer 11

Greek/ Latin; n. the final outcome is opposite to what the audience is expecting

Question 12

Prose

Answer 12

Latin; n. written or spoken language in its ordinary form without unethical structure

Question 13

Ambiguity

Answer 13

Latin; n. the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; in exactness

Question 14

Personification

Answer 14

French; n. giving human characteristics to non human things

Question 15

Semantics

Answer 15

Greek; n. constructs a relation between adjourning words and clarifies the sense of a sentence whether the meaning of the word are literal or figurative

Question 16

Colloquial

Answer 16

Latin; adj. used in ordinary or familiar conservation; not formal or literary

Question 17

Analogy

Answer 17

Greek; n. a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Question 18

Diction

Answer 18

Latin; n. the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Question 19

Antithesis

Answer 19

Greek; n. a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are opposite of or strongly contrasted of each other; contrasting ideas

Question 20

Inference

Answer 20

Latin; n. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Question 21

Theme

Answer 21

Greek; n. underlying meaning of literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

Question 22

Symbolism

Answer 22

Greek; n. use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving the symbols meaning that are different for the literal sense

Question 23

Allusion

Answer 23

Latin; n. reference to another piece of literature

Question 24

Genre

Answer 24

French; n. a category of artistic composition as in music or literature characterized by similarities in form style or subject matter

Question 25

Verbal Irony

Answer 25

Greek/ Latin; n. when words express something contrary to truth or someone says

Question 26

Dramatic Irony

Answer 26

Latin; n. when the audience knows something the character(s) don’t

Question 27

Alliteration

Answer 27

Latin; n. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent closely connected

Question 28

Figurative Language

Answer 28

Latin; n. language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from literal interpretation

Question 29

Extended Metaphor

Answer 29

Greek/ Latin; n. metaphor compromised of more than 1 sentence and continues throughout the paragraph

Question 30

Satire

Answer 30

French; n. the use of humor , irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

Question 31

Tone

Answer 31

Greek; n. attitude of a writer towards an audience