Terminology Test

Question 1

A condensed summary of an article or essay.

Answer 1

Precis

Question 2

A statement that has at least 2 different or conflicting meanings.

Answer 2

Ambiguity

Question 3

A words literal meaning (dictionary)

Answer 3

Denotation

Question 4

When a statement or situation means the opposite of what it appears to mean/or what is expected.

Answer 4

Irony

Question 5

To put someone else’s ideas/words into your own words.

Answer 5

Paraphrase

Question 6

A form of writing that holds human vice and folly up to scorn and ridicule (it sometimes employs exageration, ridicule and/or irony)

Answer 6

Satire

Question 7

The linking of words or phrases

Answer 7

Transition

Question 8

A figure of speech that claims one thing is another

Answer 8

Metaphor

Question 9

Common, informal, and everyday language

Answer 9

Colloquial

Question 10

Writing that is intended to inform or explain

Answer 10

Exposition

Question 11

A trite (stale/commonplace) expression that was once
colourful and original. Eg, “You’re as slow as molasses."

Answer 11

Cliche

Question 12

A way of explaining complicated or unfamiliar concepts by comparing them to similar ones (comparing life to a race)

Answer 12

Analogy

Question 13

A play on words that brings to the readers mind two different meanings (I couldn’t stand to be without my legs.)

Answer 13

Pun

Question 14

The selection and arangement of words in a piece of writing

Answer 14

Diction

Question 15

The main idea or point that the writer is trying to convey to the reader

Answer 15

Thesis

Question 16

The emotional inflection of a word

Answer 16

Connotation

Question 17

A reference to something - person, place, a concept, or quotation - from literature, politics etc

Answer 17

Allusion

Question 18

A reference to a character, situation, or an idea that is generalized (usually unfairly so) and conventional.

Answer 18

Stereotype

Question 19

The distinctive way a person writes.

Answer 19

Style

Question 20

The art of using language effectively.

Answer 20

Rhetoric

Question 21

A little story - an account of an incident - that is used to catch the readers interest or illustrate a point

Answer 21

Anecdote

Question 22

A writers attitude towards a subject and or audience

Answer 22

Tone

Question 23

Similarity for of grammatical structure. It creates symmetry for the reader.

Answer 23

Parallel Structure