Q4

Question 1

Jargon

Answer 1

the special language of a profession or group.

Question 2

Juxtaposition

Answer 2

The act or instance of placing two things close together or side by side. This is often done in order ot compare or contract the two.

Question 3

Lexicon

Answer 3

A complete list of words and their definitions

Question 4

Logical appeal/logos

Answer 4

Occurs when a writer tries to persuade the audience and based on statistics, facts, and reasons. It is the process of reasoning.

Question 5

Loose sentencee

Answer 5

A sentence in whihc the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dendet grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. If a period wer placed at the end of the independent clause, the clause would be a complete sentence.

Question 6

Lyrical

Answer 6

When something is songlike; it is charcterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.

Question 7

Metonymy

Answer 7

A Greek term, meaning “chnaged label” or “substitute name.” it is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. A news release taht claims “teh White House declared” rather than “the President declared” is using this term.

Question 8

Mode

Answer 8

The method or form of a literary work, it is the manner in which a work of literature is written.

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

Similar to tone, it is the primary emotional attitude of a work. Syntax is also a determiner of — because sentence strength, length, and complexity affect pacing.

Question 10

Narration

Answer 10

The telling of a sotry in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; it is one of the four modes of discourse

Question 11

Objectivity

Answer 11

An impersonal presentatino of events and characters. It is a writer’s attempt to remove himself or herself from any subjective, personal involvement in a story.

Question 12

Oversimplification

Answer 12

When a writer obscures of denies the complexity of the issues in an argument.

Question 13

Oxymoron

Answer 13

A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as “wise food,” “bitter sweet,” “pretty ugly,” and “jumbo shrimp.”

Question 14

Apostrophe

Answer 14

The device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.

Question 15

Anaphora

Answer 15

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause.

Question 16

Connotation

Answer 16

The implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader’s mind.

Question 17

Dilemma

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Epistrophe

Answer 18

The repetition of a concluding word or word endings at the end of successive clauses.

Question 19

Infinitive

Answer 19

A verbal that includes “to + a simple form a verb.”

Question 20

Gerund

Answer 20

A verbal used as a noun that ends in -ing