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Question 1

CACOPHANY

Answer 1

Refers to harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; it is the opposite of euphony.

“dishes crashing on the floor, or horns blaring and people yelling in a traffic accident.”

Question 2

Caricature

Answer 2

Descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person’s appearance or a facet of personality.

Obama prism

Question 3

Colloquialism

Answer 3

Informal writing.

y’all, gonna, wanna

Question 4

Concrete Language

Answer 4

Describes specific things.

“102 degrees,” “obese Siamese cat,” and “deep spruce green”

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

Something more being implied by a statement.

“the aroma of my grandmother’s cooking”

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

The repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compounds words, such as fulfill and ping-pong.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Question 7

Conundrum

Answer 7

A riddle whose answer is or involves a pun.

a riddle whose answer contains a pun

Question 8

Deduction

Answer 8

The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example.

“All dogs have four legs, John’s pet is a dog, therefore John’s pet has four legs.

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

The literal meaning of a word as defined.

hot is having or giving off heat

Question 10

Dependent/Subordinate Clause

Answer 10

“Extra information” to the main clause and cannot exist on their own.

“unlike my brother, I don’t eat meat.”

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

Word choice to create tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning.

“I will address that issue right away.”

Question 12

Dilemma

Answer 12

A conflict whose resolution requires one of two choices, both of which are unfavorable or disagreeable.

Unsureity in the ability in how to resolve a issue.

Question 13

Discourse

Answer 13

Spoken or written language, including literary work’s; the four typical types of this are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion.

diary entries, letters, dialogue within a poem, narrative description within a longer novel

Question 14

Emotional Appeal/Pathos

Answer 14

Occurs when a writer appeals to readers’ emotions to excite and involve them in the argument.

If we don’t leave this place soon, we’ll be yelling for help.

Question 15

Epigraph

Answer 15

The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hits at its theme. Ernest Hemingway begins “The Sun also Rises” with two epigraphs.

“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.”

Question 16

Epiphany

Answer 16

The experience of a sudden or striking realization.

In the middle of an argument a man will fix what their doing.

Question 17

Epistrophe

Answer 17

The repetition of word endings.

and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Question 18

Ethos

Answer 18

Persuasion to the audience.

Advertisements where doctors recommend a product.

Question 19

Euphemism

Answer 19

Nicer way of saying something innapropriate.

“Passed away” instead of “died”

Question 20

Euphony

Answer 20

A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the opposite of cacophony.

mists, mellow, close, sun, bless, vines and eves

Question 21

Example

Answer 21

A individual instance taken to be representative of a general pattern. Arguing is considered reliable if examples are demonstrable true or factual as well as relevant.

the words in the definition.

Question 22

Exposition

Answer 22

The immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background information necessary for understanding the plot.

“It was the first time she’d been back in her childhood home since her brother’s death.”