GOT 2

Question 0

Diction

Answer 0

Writers word choices

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

Question 2

Generic conventions

Answer 2

Traditions for each genre of writing

Question 3

Extended metaphor

Answer 3

Metaphor developed @ great length

Question 4

Genre

Answer 4

Major category into which a literary work fits: prose, poetry, drama

Question 5

Figure of speech

Answer 5

A device used to produce figurative language

Question 6

Homily

Answer 6

“Sermon”, can include any serious talk, speech or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice

Question 7

Euphemism

Answer 7

“Good speech”, a less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word/concept

Question 8

Didactic

Answer 8

“Teaching” didactic works have the primary aim of teaching/instructing

Question 9

Figurative Lang

Answer 9

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

Strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word devoid of any emotion

Question 11

Imagery

Answer 11

Sensory details/figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or to represent abstractions