QUIZ IN 3 HOURS STUDY

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the repition of words with the same initial sound or of any vowel sound

Question 2

Allusion

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a reference to a generally familiar person, place or thing. (family guy reference)

Question 3

Analogy

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A comparison of two things, often a dissimilar nature yet alike in certain aspects, in order to suggest that what is true of one applies to the other.

Question 4

Anaphora

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The repition of a word, or group of words, at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences or lines of poetry
REACH OUT your heart
REACH OUT your words

Question 5

Anecdote

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A short interesting or amusing story about a particular person or event told to make a point. Forms a more human connection (pathos) between audience and speaker.

Question 6

Antimetabole

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Repition of words in reverse order (REPEATING SOMETHING BACKWARDS.)
dont ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Question 7

Antithesis

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Establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure.
“support any friend, oppose any foe”

Question 8

Assonance

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The repetition of internal vowel sounds in closely following words. The effect of successful assonance is beauty of sound and emphasis

Question 9

Asyndeton

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Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, o words. It creates an emotional feeling of “building up” and that there is more to follow.

Question 10

Closing by return

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The practice of ending a long paragraph or once section of an essay by retuning to an image, an idea, o a statement that occurs in the beginning.
“first line and last line are the same”

Question 11

Colloqualism

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Language which occurs more often in speech than in writing
“cuh”

Question 12

Connotation

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the attitudes, feelings and emotions aroused by the word.

Question 13

Euphemism

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Replacing a harsh word with a more pleasant one
“Kick the bucket”
“Bite the dust”

Question 14

Figurative language

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Describes language that moves, for meaning or effect, beyond standard and literal meaning

Question 15

Flow

Answer 15

the continuity or coherence among the sentences of a paragraph

Question 16

Framing words

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Serve to separate and to introduce the several divisions of a subject or thought
eg: first, therefore, in addition

Question 17

Hortative sentence

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Sentence that exhorts, advisees, calls to action

Question 18

Hyperbole

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Deliberate exageration

Question 19

Imagery

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Descriptive language so vivid it appeals to all 5 senses.

Question 20

Imperative Sentence

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Sentences used to command
“my fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for yo-“

Question 21

Irony

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Saying the opposite of what is meant

Question 22

Juxtaposition

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Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts.
eg; love-sick Romeo and fiery Tybalt

Question 23

Metaphor

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An implied comparison between two things seemingly quite different.

Question 24

Metonymy

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Using a single feature to present the whole
eg; the orders came directly from the white house

Question 25

Oxymoron

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Paradoxical juxtaposition of words that seem to contradict one another
eg; the peaceful revolution

Question 26

Parallelism

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Parallel sentence structures use the same part of speech or grammatical structure to convey equal or related ideas.

Question 27

Periodic Sentence

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Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
-basically yapping and saying the sentences’ main point at the end

Question 28

Personification

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A figure of speech whereby ideas, animals, or things are given human attributes

Question 29

Polysyndeton

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The use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton

Question 30

Rhetorical Questoin

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A question asked for dramatic effect
eg; Is justice then to be considered merely a word?

Question 31

Satire

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An ironic, sarcastic or witty composition that claims to argue forrsomething, but actually argues against it

Question 32

Simile

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Comparing two different things using like or as

Question 33

Symbol

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A person place or thing that exists both in its own right and as something beyond itself

Question 34

Synecdoche

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A form of metaphor which in mention a part signifies the whole, or the whole symbolizes the part

Question 35

Understatement

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To play down something

Question 36

Tone

Answer 36

The speaker’s attitude toward the subject or audience