General Terms L-P

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.

Question 2

Loose Sentence

Answer 2

A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.

Question 3

What is an example of a metaphor?

Answer 3

The snow is a white blanket.

Question 4

Metonymy

Answer 4

A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it.

Question 5

What is an example of a metonymy?

Answer 5

“Crown” used in terms of power or authority. (The crown was in charge of the colonists. Crown represents royalty/authority/who’s in charge)

Question 6

Mood

Answer 6

This term has two distinct technical meanings in English writing.
1. grammatical and deals with verbal units + speaker’s attitude
Indicative mood, subjunctive mood, imperative mood.
2. literary, meaning the prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

Question 7

When is an indicative mood used?

Answer 7

Used only for factual sentences

Question 8

When is a subjunctive mood used?

Answer 8

Used to express conditions contrary to fact

Question 9

When is an imperative mood used?

Answer 9

Used for commands

Question 10

Narrative

Answer 10

The telling of a story of an account of an event or series of events

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.

Question 12

Oxymoron

Answer 12

An oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.

Question 13

Paradox

Answer 13

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree or truth or validity.

Question 14

Parallelism

Answer 14

Refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.

Question 15

Parody

Answer 15

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule

Question 16

What is an example of an oxymoron?

Answer 16

“Cruel kindness”

Can’t be cruel and kind.

Question 17

Pedantic

Answer 17

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.

Question 18

Periodic Sentence

Answer 18

A sentence that presents its central meaning in main clause at the end.

Question 19

Personification

Answer 19

A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.

Question 20

Point of View

Answer 20

In literature, the perspective form from which a story is told.

Question 21

What are the two divisions of point of view?

Answer 21

1. The first person narrator: tells the story with the first person pronoun “I” and is a character in the story.
2. The third person narrator: relates the events with the third person pronouns “he” or “she” and “it.”

Question 22

What are the two subdivisions with the third person narrator?

Answer 22

1. Omniscient: the narrator with god-like knowledge presents thoughts and actions of any or all characters
2. Limited omniscient: presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters.

Question 23

Predicate Adjective

Answer 23

One type of subject complement - an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb

Question 24

Predicate Nominative

Answer 24

A second type of subject complement - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject.

Question 25

Prose

Answer 25

One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms.