Set 4

Question 0

Hyperbole

Answer 0

Extreme exaggeration

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Sensory details

Question 2

Homily

Answer 2

Serious talk

Question 3

Genre

Answer 3

Type or kind of work

Question 4

Generic conventions

Answer 4

Describes traditions of genres

Question 5

Figure of speech

Answer 5

Compare dissimilar things

Question 6

Figurative language

Answer 6

Writing not meant to be taken literally

Question 7

Extended metaphor

Answer 7

Metaphor that occur throughout work

Question 8

Exposition

Answer 8

Explanation of something

Question 9

Euphemism

Answer 9

“Nice way” to say something. Less offensive alternative.

Question 10

Didactic

Answer 10

To teach

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

Word choice

Question 12

Denotation

Answer 12

Literal meaning

Question 13

Connotation

Answer 13

Emotional aura

Question 14

Conceit

Answer 14

Sign of intellectual cleverness;

Question 15

Coherence

Answer 15

CLEAR; logical flow

Question 16

Colloquial

Answer 16

SLANG

Question 17

Clause

Answer 17

Group of words that contain a subject and verb

Question 18

Atmosphere

Answer 18

Feeling setting creates

Question 19

Apostrophe

Answer 19

Directly addresses abstract concept. Example LADY Liberty

Question 20

Aphorism

Answer 20

Short saying

Question 21

Antecedent

Answer 21

Word to which pronoun refers

Question 22

Anecdote

Answer 22

Relatable story with the audience

Question 23

Anaphora

Answer 23

Repetition in which same expression is repeated at beginning of lines

Question 24

Analogy

Answer 24

Direct; help audience understand abstract concept; a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

Question 25

Ambiguity

Answer 25

Multiple meaning of words.

Question 26

Allusion

Answer 26

Direct or indirect reference to something commonly known

Question 27

Alliteration

Answer 27

Repetition of sounds

Question 28

allegory

Answer 28

Using character or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction