Spellings 11

Question 1

Penetrating, cutting, biting

Answer 1

Incisive

Question 2

A cut or gash

Answer 2

Incision

Question 3

Tools used for cutting

Answer 3

Scissors

Question 4

Clearly stated; accurate

Answer 4

Precise

Question 5

Definite; clear cut

Answer 5

Decisive

Question 6

Brief and direct

Answer 6

Concise

Question 7

An unbeliever

Answer 7

Infidal

Question 8

To trust

Answer 8

Confide

Question 9

One you trust with secrets

Answer 9

Confidant

Question 10

Genuine or real

Answer 10

Bona fide

Question 11

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or
primary meaning.

Answer 11

Connotation

Question 12

The action of making a judgment about the value or quality of something.

Answer 12

Assessment

Question 13

A group of words with the same topic, function or form.

Answer 13

Lexical words

Question 14

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;
an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 14

Allusion

Question 15

A type of feeling that readers get from anarrative, based on details such assetting,
background, objects, andforeshadowing.

Answer 15

Atmosphere

Question 16

An explanation of the meaning of something.

Answer 16

Interpretation

Question 17

A literary device where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.

Answer 17

Inference

Question 18

A literary device in which a writer provides certain hints of what is to come later in the
story.

Answer 18

Foreshadowing

Question 19

The action of showing something to be right or reasonable

Answer 19

Justification

Question 20

The use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing.

Answer 20

Colloquial