Quarter 1

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

reference to a familiar or famous thing

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

a retelling of a recent event

Question 3

diction

Answer 3

word choice

Question 4

colloquial

Answer 4

word or phrase that is specific to a location

Question 5

denotation

Answer 5

literal meaning of a word

Question 6

jargon

Answer 6

diction used by a group that share a profession or activity

Question 7

vernacular

Answer 7

language or dialect that is specific to a location

Question 8

euphemism

Answer 8

a more agreeable substitute for a bad word or idea

Question 9

figurative language

Answer 9

writing not meant to be taken literally

Question 10

analogy

Answer 10

a comparison between two pairs of things

Question 11

hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggeration

Question 12

idiom

Answer 12

common expression that doesn’t make literal sense

Question 13

metaphor

Answer 13

an implied comparison

Question 14

metonymy

Answer 14

replacing a word or idea with a related word or concept

Question 15

synecdoche

Answer 15

a type of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa

Question 16

simile

Answer 16

explicit comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 17

synesthesia

Answer 17

a description involving a connection between senses

Question 18

personification

Answer 18

giving human-like qualities to a non-living thing

Question 19

irony

Answer 19

when the opposite of what is expected happens

Question 20

verbal irony

Answer 20

when you say something and mean the opposite or something different

Question 21

dramatic irony

Answer 21

when the audience knows something a character doesn’t know

Question 22

situational irony

Answer 22

when a funny event happens