Glossary Test 11/30

Question 1

Thesis

Answer 1

a statement of the main idea of an essay

Question 2

Title

Answer 2

a word or phrase set off at the beginning of an essay to identify the subject, capture the main idea, and attract the reader’s attention

Question 3

Tone

Answer 3

the way the author presents a subject

Question 4

Topic Sentence

Answer 4

states the central idea of a paragraph and thus limits and controls the subject of the paragraph

Question 5

Transitions

Answer 5

words or phrases that link sentences, paragraphs, and larger units of a composition to achieve coherence

Question 6

Understatement

Answer 6

when an author assigns less significance to an event or thing than it deserves

Question 7

Unity

Answer 7

achieved in an essay when all the words, sentences, and paragraphs contribute to its thesis

Question 8

Voice

Answer 8

how the speaker of a literary work presents himself or herself to the reader that determines that speaker’s unique voice

Question 9

Writing Process

Answer 9

prewriting, writing drafts, revision, editing, and publication

Question 10

Zeugma

Answer 10

when a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them