Key Terms

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Short word to refer back to a word used earlier (e.g it or do)

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

A short story about an event

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

Feeling or tone conveyed by something

Question 4

Chronologically

Answer 4

Arranged order of things occurrf

Question 5

Cohesive device

Answer 5

Words or phrases which link paragraphs together

Question 6

Colloquial language

Answer 6

Informal

Question 7

Bias

Answer 7

Opinion that favours one side specifically

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Something implied or suggested in addition to it’s main meaning

Question 9

Diacope

Answer 9

Repetition of words or phrases broken up by intervening words

Question 10

Forshadow

Answer 10

Signs that something is about to happen

Question 11

Imperative

Answer 11

Expressing a command

Question 12

Inference

Answer 12

A conclusion reached by reasoning

Question 13

Interior monologue

Answer 13

Writing which expresses thoughts of a character

Question 14

Lexical or semantic field

Answer 14

Words used in a text which have an element of shared meaning

Question 15

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 15

Giving human feelings to inanimate things

Question 16

Pejorative language

Answer 16

Words and phrases that express disapproval

Question 17

Narrative hook

Answer 17

A literary technique used to engage readers

Question 18

Polyptoton

Answer 18

Repetition of words of the same root with different endings