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Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

When the words in a sentence have the same beginning sound

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

Makes a reference to a person or event without actuallt mention it

Question 3

Crisis

Answer 3

Time of intense difficulty-derives to the climax ( the turning point in the action)

Question 4

Onomatopeya

Answer 4

Word that looks/imitate the same sound it makes

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

An exageration of something that shouldnt be taken literally (emphazises the idea)

Question 6

Pun-Juego de palabras

Answer 6

A joke about words that SOUNDS alike but have DIFFERENT meanings

Question 7

Theme-Tema

Answer 7

The moral of the story

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

An image or object that represents an abstarct idea

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

A combination of 2 words completely contradictory (ex:luz oscura) (jumbo shrimp) (sweet bitterness)

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

A statement that seems contradictory but it has a deeper meaning/truth (ex.menos es mas)

Question 11

Foreshadowing

Answer 11

A warning-indication of a future event

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Descriptive language that creates VIVID PICTURES/SENSATIONS in the reader´s mind

Question 13

Suspense

Answer 13

A feeling of excitement/anxity about what is going to happen

Question 14

Pathos

Answer 14

way to make the audience feel strong emotions

Question 15

**Figurative language-Leng figurado (Met-Sim-Pers)

Answer 15

Figures of speech/Languages that doesn´t use a direct meaning of the words

Question 16

Metaphor

Answer 16

Comparison between two things without using ‘like’ or ‘seems’.

Question 17

Simile

Answer 17

Comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘seems

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

Question 19

Literal language (D-C)

Answer 19

The literal meaning of a word (the cat is on the mat)

Question 20

-Denotation/home-place w I live
-Connotation/ Home-warm, family

Answer 20

D: The specific, literal meaning of a word or phrase (contrasting feelings)
C: The idea or feeling of the word, in addition to its literal meaning

Question 21

Irony (ex. A fire station burns down)

Answer 21

Situation where is a contrast between expectation and reality

Question 22

Sarcasm

Answer 22

Uses the irony to transmit disrespect to a person, etc

Question 23

Satire (The simpsons)

Answer 23

A type of humor that exposes their flaws and defects

Question 24

Dramatic Irony

Answer 24

When the audience knows more than the character (Romeo doesnt know Julieta was alive so he did…)

Question 25

Setting-Ambientación

Answer 25

Time and place where the story occurs, incluying details of the environment, location, time, and period

Question 26

Mood-Estado de ánimo

Answer 26

How the reader feels when interacting with the text

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

How the author feels about the subject-he or she wants to make us (the readers) feel about the story

Question 27

Anachronism

Answer 27

When something is placed out of the historical period (in the wrong time) Jesus wearing nikes

Question 28

Pathetic fallacy (a personification)

Answer 28

When nature-objects-animals reflects human emotions

Question 29

Narrative point of view

Answer 29

It refers to who is telling the story/who is narrating it

Question 30

Diction

Answer 30

The linguistic choices a writer choose to transmit the idea correctly

Question 30

Nemesis

Answer 30

An enemy-often a villian

Question 31

Soliloquy

Answer 31

When a character speaks directly to the public, revealing their inner thoughts

Question 32

Comic relief

Answer 32

The author’s use of hummor to break the reader’s tension

Question 33

Character foil

Answer 33

serves as a contrast to the main character/protagonist

Question 34

Hamartia

Answer 34

A bad desicion/tragic mistake that makes the protaginist to make a tragedy/the downfall-

Question 35

Hubris

Answer 35

Overconfidence/excessive…when someone thinks they’re invencible

Question 36

Conflict

Answer 36

The struggle/fight between the portagonist and the antagonist (or just 2 sides)

Question 37

Climax

Answer 37

The highest/the most intense moment in the story/the protagonist can confront each other

Question 38

Protagonist

Answer 38

The main character

Question 39

Antagonist

Answer 39

The character that opposes the protagonist (like a villian)

Question 40

Euphemism (let go-fired) (passed away-died)

Answer 40

A less direct word used to replace a word that maybe hits hard

Question 41

-Cacaphony
-Euphony

Answer 41

-Ca: A mixure of sounds that makes the athmosphere unpleasant
-Euph: Combination of words to make a really pleasant sound

Question 42

Cliche

Answer 42

Excesivelly use of an expression, considerated unoriginal

Question 43

Understatement-Subestimación

Answer 43

minimize the importance of a situation by considering it to be less serious than it really is.

Question 44

Antithesis

Answer 44

2 ideas-concepts-word totally diferent (black and white)

Question 45

Catharsis

Answer 45

The liberation or release (alivio) of emotions when experiencing a show

Question 46

Motif-Motivo

Answer 46

A sign or pattern that helps the story to develop correctly

Question 47

Juxtaposition

Answer 47

The placement of 2 contrasting elements close to each toher to highlight their differences

Question 48

Non-sequitur

Answer 48

A conclusion or a statement (declaracion) that doesn’t follow the context (“She drives a nice car, so she must be a good cook”)

Question 49

Anagnorisis-Anagnórisis

Answer 49

The moment when a character suddenly discovers a crucial truth about themselves or their situation