first vocab quiz

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

the device os using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning

Question 2

examples of allegory

Answer 2

animal farm by George Orwell; the boy who cried wolf (teaches us not to wine)

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words

Question 4

example of alliteration

Answer 4

she seeks sea shells

Question 5

tone

Answer 5

the speakers attitude towards his or her subject, material, audience, or both ; similar to mood but all about how the SPEAKER feels (mood is reader)

Question 6

ambiguity

Answer 6

uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language

Question 7

examples of ambiguity

Answer 7

i promise ill give you the ring tomorrow; could be a guy who’s wife lost her ring, could be talking about a ring on the phone

Question 8

analogy

Answer 8

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Question 9

anaphora

Answer 9

rhetoric the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 10

anecdote

Answer 10

when an author uses a personal story in his or her argument or writing

Question 11

antithesis

Answer 11

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else; the opposite or contrast of idea. The opposite of what is stated

Question 12

antecedent

Answer 12

the word, phrase, or clauses referred to by a pronoun ;; a given pronoun in a long, complex sentence or in a group of sentences

Question 13

Allusion

Answer 13

brief refernce to a person, event, or place(real or ficticous) or to a work of art.