Quiz 1

Question 1

Sarcastic

Answer 1

Saying the opposite of what you mean mockingly

Question 2

Sardonic

Answer 2

Witty and dry mocking

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

Comparing the similarity of two things

Question 4

Conceit

Answer 4

A comparison of very dissimilar things

Question 5

Effusive

Answer 5

With feelings of gratitude, affection, or appreciation

Question 6

Apathetic

Answer 6

Being uninterested or uncaring towards something

Question 7

Allegory

Answer 7

Literature or art that has a hidden meaning and many symbolic elements (usually moral or political)

Question 8

Allegorical

Answer 8

Having characteristics of an allegory

Question 9

Apostrophe

Answer 9

When a speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or inanimate object

Question 10

Disparaging

Answer 10

To discredit or devalue

Question 11

Chiasmus

Answer 11

When a phrase or structure is introduced and later repeated in reverse order

Question 12

Litotes

Answer 12

An affirmation expressed through double negatives

Question 13

Pronoun Antecedent

Answer 13

The word that a pronoun refers to

Question 14

Participle

Answer 14

A verb that is used as an adjective

Question 15

Metonymy

Answer 15

Substituting a word or phrase with similarly associating word or phrase

Question 16

Synechedote

Answer 16

A type of metonymy where a whole of something is substituted by a part of it

Question 17

Anaphora

Answer 17

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 18

Derisive

Answer 18

Expressing ridicule or lack of respect

Question 19

Mood

Answer 19

The atmosphere of a narrative (what the reader feels)

Question 20

Exigence

Answer 20

What inspired the author to create a text (NOT purpose)

Question 21

Idiomatic

Answer 21

Having characteristics of an idiom

Question 22

Didactic

Answer 22

Something with an educational purpose, morally and practically

Question 23

Allusion

Answer 23

A reference usually to a person or place in another piece of literature

Question 24

Aphorism

Answer 24

An observation containing a general truth (doesn’t have to be moral)

Question 25

Rhetorical Situation

Answer 25

The context (text, author, setting, audience, and purpose) of a piece of writing

Question 26

Rhetorical Strategies

Answer 26

Tools used in text to affect the reader in an intended way

Question 27

Flippant

Answer 27

Disrespectful or unserious

Question 28

Ambivalent

Answer 28

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something

Question 29

Alliteration

Answer 29

The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Question 30

Consonance

Answer 30

The repetition of similar consonants in neighboring words with different vowels

Question 31

Euphemism

Answer 31

Replacing an offensive word or phrase with an inoffensive one

Question 32

Colloquial

Answer 32

Ordinary and informal language

Question 33

Ambiguity

Answer 33

When something doesn’t have a clear intended interpretation and can be interpreted multiple ways