running noes 9-16

Question 1

consonance

Answer 1

repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity

Question 2

caricuture

Answer 2

descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a persons appearance or a facet of personality

Question 3

coherence

Answer 3

the “quality” of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the developement of the central idea/theme or organizing principle

Question 4

aphorism

Answer 4

a short, often witty, statement of a principle or truth about life

Question 5

apostrophe

Answer 5

usually in poetry, but sometimes in prose: the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personalized abstraction

Question 6

cacophony

Answer 6

also referred to as dissonance … hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose

Question 7

denotation

Answer 7

dictionary definition

Question 8

enumeration

Answer 8

rhetorical device used for listing the details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step. Martin Luther kings speech