terminology list

Question 1

a comparison using like or as

Answer 1

simile

Question 2

the transfer of a quality from one thing or idea to another in such a way as to imply some resemblance between two things or ideas

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

a figure of speech that gives human attributes to animals objects or ideas

Answer 3

personification

Question 4

when a word sounds like what it’s referring from

Answer 4

onomatopoeia

Question 5

language to arouse strong feelings in the reader

Answer 5

emotive language

Question 6

repetition of the same consonant sound or letter at the beginning of words next to each other

Answer 6

alliteration

Question 7

associations of words for example red is associated with love

Answer 7

connotations

Question 8

a set of words connected in meaning or association

Answer 8

semantic field

Question 9

not a literal use of words but metaphorical

Answer 9

figurative language

Question 10

a figure of speech that includes contradictory terms etc cruel kindness

Answer 10

oxymoron

Question 11

the attribution of human feelings and responses to objects, natural phenomena or animals etc the somber clouds darkened my mood

Answer 11

pathetic fallacy

Question 12

providing information to support and strengthen an arguement

Answer 12

facts and statistics

Question 13

questions that do not expect an answer

Answer 13

rhetorical question

Question 14

exaggerating descriptions or claims to make things sound better or worse than they are

Answer 14

hyperbole

Question 15

a little story, usually interesting or amusing

Answer 15

anecdote

Question 16

a sentence that employs a series of three parallel words, phrases or clauses. etc tell me and i forget; teach me and i remember; involve me and i learn

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tricolon

Question 17

repeating a word mode than once for emphasis

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repetition

Question 18

scientific views or comments by a group of designated experts based on scientific evidence or an expert opinion

Answer 18

expert opinion

Question 19

an adjective or adverb expressing the highest or very high degree of quality for example- that was the greatest day of my life

Answer 19

superlatives

Question 20

a verb or phrase in the imperative mode that form a command or request for example- leave!

Answer 20

imperatives

Question 21

lists that are connected by a conjunction for example- birds flock and wheel and cry

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syndetic listing

Question 22

lists with a comma instead of a conjunction to separate the items in the list

Answer 22

asyndetic listing

Question 23

two things placed close together with contrasting effect

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juxtaposition

Question 24

short dramatic sentences used for affect

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short sentence

Question 25

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences

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syntax

Question 26

the writer giving a hint of what’s to come later in the story

Answer 26

foreshadowing

Question 27

a word that identifies a person place thing idea or quality

Answer 27

noun

Question 28

a word that describes a noun

Answer 28

adjective

Question 29

a word that describes what a person or thing does

Answer 29

verb

Question 30

a word that introduces a noun etc a, an, this

Answer 30

determiner

Question 31

a word that is used in a place of a noun that is specific to a person or thing etc her, him

Answer 31

pronoun

Question 32

a word that describes the position of something, the time it happened or the way it is done, such as under, between, on

Answer 32

preposition

Question 33

a word that connects phrases or sentences etc and because

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conjunction