Ogt Prep Words

Question 0

A method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to persuade an audience

Answer 0

Rhetorical device

Question 1

Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for a reader

Answer 1

Imagery

Question 2

Difference between reality and appearance; situational, verbal, dramatic

Answer 2

Irony

Question 3

Used to suggest something larger and more abstract

Answer 3

Symbol

Question 4

Contradictory terms

Answer 4

Oxymoron

Jumbo shrimp

Question 5

Explaining something unfamiliar with more familiar things

Answer 5

Analogy

Question 6

Words formed from the initials of each set of words

Answer 6

Acronym

Question 7

Enriched by word images and figures of speech

Answer 7

Figurative language

Question 8

False assignment of an event or time period

Answer 8

Anachronism

Question 9

Symbolic interpretation of written work

Answer 9

Figurative meaning

Question 10

Comparison between to unlike things

Answer 10

Metaphor

Question 11

Play on words

Answer 11

Pun

Question 12

Sounds to imitate meaning

Answer 12

Onomatopoeia

Question 13

Comparison using like or as

Answer 13

Simile

Question 14

Human qualities for inanimate objects

Answer 14

Personification

Question 15

Sounds at beginning

Answer 15

Alliteration

Question 16

Sounds in middle

Answer 16

Assonance

Question 17

Middle or end sounds

Answer 17

Consonance

Question 18

Types if figurative language

Answer 18

Figures of speech

Question 19

Uses deliberate exaggeration

Answer 19

Hyperbole