Quiz #2

Question 0

conotation

Answer 0

suggested or implied meaning apart from the thing it explicitly describes

Question 1

denotation

Answer 1

the literal meaning of a word or phrase

Question 2

characterization

Answer 2

the way an writer makes a person in a story, book, play, or movie seem like a real person

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

an implied or indirect reference in a literary work to something else

Question 4

imagery

Answer 4

use of pictures, descriptions, or figures of speech to visual a sense. (sight, smell, touch, taste, sound)

Question 5

foreshadow

Answer 5

to suggest something that has not yet happened

Question 6

motif

Answer 6

a reoccurring object or concept in a work of literature

Question 7

juxtapose

Answer 7

to place something together in a way that creates an interesting effect

Question 8

genre

Answer 8

a group or category characterized by content

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

one that opposes the protagonist (bad guy)

Question 10

protagonist

Answer 10

main character

Question 11

epiphany

Answer 11

moment in which you understand or see something in a better way

Question 12

linguistics

Answer 12

study of language and how it works

Question 13

permutation

Answer 13

one of the many different ways something exists or can be arranges

Question 14

inference

Answer 14

conclusion or opinion formed based on known facts

Question 15

benign

Answer 15

harmless having no effect

Question 16

self-possessed

Answer 16

showing control of your feelings and actions especially in a difficult situations

Question 17

ghastly

Answer 17

very shocking or horrible, resembling a ghost

Question 18

dowry

Answer 18

money or property that a wife gives to the husband in marriage for some cultures

Question 19

caste

Answer 19

a division of society based on differences in wealth