Key Terms

Question 1

anecdote

Answer 1

a short story that illustrates a concept, but is not the main idea

Question 2

anthology

Answer 2

a published collection of related works

Question 3

connotation

Answer 3

idea or feeling that a word invokes

Question 4

metaphor

Answer 4

comparison of 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as”

Question 5

denotation

Answer 5

the literal or primary meaning of a word

Question 6

simile

Answer 6

comparison between unlike things using “like” or “as”

Question 7

delineate

Answer 7

describe precisely

Question 8

exclaimatory

Answer 8

with strong emotion

Question 9

explicit

Answer 9

clearly stated

Question 10

rehetoric

Answer 10

the use of elements of language

Question 11

affix

Answer 11

letters placed at the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning

Question 12

article

Answer 12

word the refers to a noun: a, an, the

Question 13

dependent clause

Answer 13

a group of words that include a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 14

homograph

Answer 14

words spelled the same but have different meanings

Question 15

homophone

Answer 15

words pronounced the same but that have different meanings

Question 16

independent clause

Answer 16

a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 17

morpheme

Answer 17

the smallest meaningful unit in a word

Question 18

perfective

Answer 18

a verb for an item that has been completed

Question 19

predicate

Answer 19

the part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like

Question 20

preposition

Answer 20

a word that describes relationships between other words