Quarter 2 Vocab

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

attribution of personal qualities

Question 4

Oxymoron

Answer 4

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

Question 5

Gustatory

Answer 5

Taste imagery

Question 6

Auditory

Answer 6

Sound imagery

Question 7

Olfactory

Answer 7

Scent imagery

Question 8

Visual

Answer 8

Sight imagery

Question 9

Tactile

Answer 9

Feel imagery

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

extravagant exaggeration

Question 11

Antecedent

Answer 11

a device within which a pronoun references a previous clause or noun
ex. “Dante just ran back home, because he forgot his baseball glove”

Question 12

Ethos

Answer 12

the writers attempt to persuade by appealing to the reader’s moral values

Question 13

understatement

Answer 13

a literary device that describes something as having less of a quality than it actually does

Question 14

Paradox

Answer 14

a literary device that uses a statement or situation that seems to contradict itself but contains some truth or meaning

“Less is more”

Question 15

euphemism

Answer 15

a literary device that writers use to soften or avoid uncomfortable topic

ex. “Death: “Passed away”, “kicked the bucket”, “in a better place”, “given up the ghost”, “joined one’s ancestors” “

Question 16

Logos

Answer 16

persuasive device used in writing and public speaking that appeals to an audience’s sense of reason and logic.

(Appeal to logic)

Question 17

Pathos

Answer 17

literary device that involves appealing to an audience’s emotions to evoke a specific feeling or response.

(Appeal to Emotion)

Question 18

Irony

Answer 18

Irony is a situation in which there is sharp contrast between what is expected or interpreted, and what actually happens.

Question 19

Synesthesia

Answer 19

blending of human senses to describe an object.

Question 19

Concession

Answer 19

a rhetorical device where a writer or speaker acknowledges the validity of a counterargument

Question 19

Syllogism

Answer 19

type of deductive reasoning that presents a major premise and a minor premise to guide the reader towards a valid conclusion.

Question 19

Frame story

Answer 19

a narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories.

Question 19

Flashback

Answer 19

a literary device that interrupts the chronological order of a story to show a scene from the past

Question 20

Colloquialism

Answer 20

informal words or phrases used in literature to give characters personality and authenticity

Question 20

Synecdoche

Answer 20

a literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole (as hired hand for "worker")

Question 20

Satire

Answer 20

a type of social commentary. Writers use exaggeration, irony, and other devices to poke fun of a particular leader, a social custom or tradition, or any other prevalent social figure or practice that they want to comment on and call into question.

Question 21

Semantics

Answer 21

the meaning and interpretation of words, signs, and sentence structure

Question 22

Deduction

Answer 22

the act of drawing logical conclusions based on the information given in a text, using one's personal experiences and knowledge of the world

Question 23

Refutation

Answer 23

disproving an opposing argument

Question 24

Generalization

Answer 24

a broad statement that captures the main idea of a passage without going into detail

Question 25

Didactic

Answer 25

literature intended provid a lesson