Sophomore Summer Assignment

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. allegory comes from the Latin word “allegoria.” noun.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. alliteration comes from the Latin word “littera.” noun.

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. allusion comes form the Latin word “allusio.” noun.

Question 4

Ambiguity

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a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. ambiguity comes Latin word “ambiguitas.” noun.

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. analogy comes from the Latin word “analogia.” noun.

Question 6

Antithesis

Answer 6

a figure of speech which refers to the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas. antithesis comes the Greek word “antitithenai.” noun.

Question 7

Colloquial

Answer 7

the usage of informal or everyday language in literature. colloquial comes from the Latin word “colloquium.” adjective.

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. connotation comes from the Medieval Latin word “connotatio.” noun.

Question 9

Denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. denotation comes from the Latin word “ denote.” noun.

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. diction comes from the Latin word “dictio.” noun.

Question 11

Extended metaphor

Answer 11

an author’s exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story. extended comes from the Latin word “extendere” and metaphor comes from the Greek word “metaphora”

Question 12

Figurative language

Answer 12

language that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison. Figurative comes from the Late Latin word “figurativus”

Question 13

Figure of speech

Answer 13

a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

Question 14

Genre

Answer 14

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. noun.

Question 15

Imagery

Answer 15

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. The word imagery comes from the Old French word “imagerie.” noun.

Question 16

Inference/infer

Answer 16

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. verb. infer comes from the Latin word “inferre.”

Question 17

Irony/ironical (verbal, situational, dramatic)

Answer 17

a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. noun. irony comes from the Latin word “eironia.”

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. noun.

Question 19

Point of View

Answer 19

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. noun.

Question 20

Prose

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any written work that follows a basic grammatical structure (think words and phrases arranged into sentences and paragraphs).

Question 21

Repetition

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the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. noun. repition comes form the Latin word “ repetitio”

Question 22

Rhetoric

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the art of using language to persuade, motivate, or inform an audience via writing or speech. noun. rhetoric

Question 23

Satire

Answer 23

human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. noun. satire comes from the Latin word “satur.”

Question 24

Semantics

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the different meanings of words, phrases, signs, or other symbols. noun.

Question 25

Symbolism

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to imbue objects with a certain meaning that is different from their original meaning or function. noun. symbolism comes from the Late Latin word “symbolicus”

Question 26

Theme

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the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. noun. theme comes from the Latin word “thema”

Question 27

Thesis

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a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved. noun. theme comes from the Greek word “tithenai”

Question 28

Tone

Answer 28

the writer’s attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. noun. tone comes from the Latin word “ tonos”

Question 29

Transition

Answer 29

a word or phrase that shows the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech

Question 30

Voice

Answer 30

the rhetorical mixture of vocabulary, tone, point of view, and syntax that makes phrases, sentences, and paragraphs flow in a particular manner.