S.v 3

Question 1

dialect

Answer 1

a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area

Question 2

diction

Answer 2

a speaker or writer’s choice of words

Question 3

elegy

Answer 3

poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died.

Question 4

epanalepsis

Answer 4

device of repetition in which the same expression(single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence

Question 5

epic

Answer 5

long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society

Question 6

epigraph

Answer 6

quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme

Question 7

epistrophe

Answer 7

device of repetition in which the same expression(single word phrase) is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences

Question 8

epithet

Answer 8

an adj. or adj. phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality

Question 9

essay

Answer 9

short piece of nonfiction prose

Question 10

explication

Answer 10

act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language

Question 11

fable

Answer 11

very short story told in prose or poetry that teachers a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.