Midterm Terms pt.2

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

compares two diff things with (something is something)

Question 2

personification

Answer 2

human characteristics to something nonhuman

Question 3

diction

Answer 3

word-usage

Question 4

tone vs mood

Answer 4

t= writer’s attitude m=overall feeling

Question 5

theme

Answer 5

topic

Question 6

foreshadowing

Answer 6

indicate a future event

Question 7

hyperbole

Answer 7

exaggerated statements not literal

Question 8

satire

Answer 8

use of humor to criticize people’s stupidity.

Question 9

syntax

Answer 9

arrangement of words

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

visual images collectively

Question 11

connotation

Answer 11

secondary meaning of a word

Question 12

denotation

Answer 12

primary meaning of a word

Question 13

point of view (1st,2nd,3rd person)

Answer 13

(I, You, Them)

Question 14

figurative language

Answer 14

way of expressing oneself

Question 15

rhetorical question

Answer 15

question not meant to be answered

Question 16

rhetoric

Answer 16

art of persuasive speaking

Question 17

logical fallacy

Answer 17

false arguments that can be proven wrong

Question 18

irony- situational/verbal

Answer 18

sarcasm
s=happening
v-spoken

Question 19

pathos

Answer 19

emotion

Question 20

logos

Answer 20

logic

Question 21

ethos

Answer 21

ethics

Question 22

audience

Answer 22

intended listeners

Question 23

citation (in text) and works cited

Answer 23

quotation form or reference

Question 24

plagiarism

Answer 24

the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.