KeyTerm

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

The choice and use of words

Question 2

Syntax

Answer 2

The ordering of words in a sentence

Question 3

Style

Answer 3

The manner of expression

Question 4

Tone

Answer 4

The writer’s attitude toward the material

Question 5

Point of view

Answer 5

The stance revealed by the style and tone of the writing

Question 6

Rhetoric

Answer 6

The art of using language effectively and persuasively

Question 7

Logos

Answer 7

convince an audience by use of logic or reason

Question 8

Ethos

Answer 8

convince an audience of the author’s credibility.

Question 9

Pathos

Answer 9

persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.

Question 10

Figurative Language

Answer 10

Describe something by comparing it with something else.

Question 11

Imagery

Answer 11

vivid descriptive language

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

exaggeration is used for emphasis

Question 13

Understatement

Answer 13

make a situation less than it is

Question 14

Simile

Answer 14

Make a comparison by using like or as

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

describe by implying that two different thing are related

Question 16

Extended metaphor

Answer 16

comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences

Question 17

Symbol

Answer 17

something that stands for another thing.

Question 18

Denotation

Answer 18

direct meaning of a word

Question 19

Connotation

Answer 19

The feelings surrounding a word.

Question 20

Oxymoron

Answer 20

a statement with two parts which seem contradictory

Question 21

Paradox

Answer 21

Statements whose two parts seem contradictory yet make sense with more thought

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

give human attributes to inanimate objects.

Question 23

Rhetorical question

Answer 23

A question asked with no answer expected

Question 24

Bombast

Answer 24

pompous and inflated writing

Question 25

Pun

Answer 25

a play on words

Question 26

Metonymy

Answer 26

Substitution of word because of the word closely related

Question 27

Synecdoche

Answer 27

a part represent a whole or whole represent a part

Question 28

Theme

Answer 28

the main idea of a text

Question 29

Aphorism

Answer 29

a brief statement that conveys a universal trut

Question 30

Malapropism

Answer 30

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one.

Question 31

Circumlocution

Answer 31

The use of indirect language to avoid getting to the point

Question 32

Euphemism

Answer 32

word use to soften meaning

Question 33

Irony

Answer 33

the meaning implied is different from the literal meaning

Question 34

Sarcasm

Answer 34

A mocking, often ironic remark

Question 35

Situational irony

Answer 35

the situation is different from what common sense indicates it is.

Question 36

Satire

Answer 36

Ridicule human foolishness