English Terms

Question 1

Symbol

Answer 1

an image that represents an idea or expresses someone’s view

Question 2

Position

Answer 2

author’s opinion about a topic (thesis)

Question 3

Repetition

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind,

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 7

Parallel Structure

Answer 7

the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence

Question 8

Issue

Answer 8

topic/problem

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

who an author is

Question 10

Adjective

Answer 10

The part of speech (or word class) that modifies a noun or a pronoun

Question 11

Adverb

Answer 11

The part of speech (or word class) that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Question 12

Common Noun

Answer 12

A noun that can be preceded by the definite article and that represents one or all of the members of a class

Question 13

Complex Sentence

Answer 13

A sentence that contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Question 14

Compound-Complex Sentence

Answer 14

A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

Question 15

Contraction

Answer 15

A shortened form of a word or group of words (such as doesn’t and won’t), with the missing letters usually marked by an apostrophe.