Language/Chapter 8

Question 1

anaphora

Answer 1

repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences

Question 2

epistrophe

Answer 2

repetition of word or expression at the end of phrases, clauses, or sentences

Question 3

denotative

Answer 3

literal definition

Question 4

connotative

Answer 4

words framed by our personal experiences

Question 5

concrete language

Answer 5

rooted in real-life experiences; how we see, hear, touch, taste and feel

Question 6

passive voice

Answer 6

ability to create a shift in the tone of your message and moods of the audience
-used when we want the importance of the subject to be deemphasized or omitted

Question 7

imagery

Answer 7

ability to create

Question 8

imagery

Answer 8

vivid description using the 5 senses

Question 9

metaphor

Answer 9

comparing two things

Question 10

simile

Answer 10

comparing two things using like or as

Question 11

alliteration

Answer 11

repetition of the initial consonant or initial sounds in a series of words

Question 12

antithesis

Answer 12

use of contrast within a parallel grammatical structure to make a rhetorical point

Question 13

asyndeton

Answer 13

deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses

Question 14

personification

Answer 14

giving human characteristics to nonhuman or inanimate objects

Question 15

long and unnecessary words

Answer 15

violates first principle of language usage

-be simple and concrete

Question 16

euphemism

Answer 16

word or phrase substituted for more direct language

Question 17

jargon

Answer 17

technical terminology unique to a special activity or group

Question 18

slang

Answer 18

use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers language