Lesson 8 Vocab

Question 1

Literal

Answer 1

Exact meaning of words or language

Question 2

Figurative

Answer 2

Use of figures of speech in language

Question 3

Homonym

Answer 3

Words sound alike, spelling and meaning different, ie. blue, blew

Question 4

Slang

Answer 4

Local language, jargon, sometimes substandard

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Figure of speech with “like” or “as” to compare

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Figure of speech in which one thing is another, ie. she is an angel

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

Figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects

Question 8

Hyperbole

Answer 8

Figure of speech using exaggeration, ie: “I could eat a horse”

Question 9

Analogy

Answer 9

Comparison of two unlike things that have a similarity

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

Reference to person or place of historical significance

Question 11

Paraphrase

Answer 11

Translation of a passage in one’s own words

Question 12

Unity

Answer 12

Arrangement of parts to form a harmonious whole

Question 13

Coherence

Answer 13

Order and consistency of thought in a work

Question 14

Translation

Answer 14

Line of word that moves a writer from one idea to another

Question 15

Thesis

Answer 15

The proposition or idea to be proved in an essay