Terms

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

Obvious meaning under a hidden meaning.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of an initial sound. Ex: Sally Slowly Sauntered Across The Streaming Street.

Question 3

Ambiguity

Answer 3

Doubtful, uncertain. Capable of. Eling misunderstood

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

Means going before. The boy carried his lunch to school.

Question 5

Appositive

Answer 5

Placing of second noun next to the first. Mark, the Evangelist.

Question 6

Archaism

Answer 6

Once common in language but. Ow seen as old fashioned. Thou for you

Question 7

Circumlocution

Answer 7

A lengthy way of saying something

Question 8

Colloquailism

Answer 8

Conversational expression which is an easy informal style (good noggin - intelligent)

Question 9

Gerund

Answer 9

Verbal noun ending in ING (drinking,swimming,singing,dancing)

Question 10

Idiom

Answer 10

Accepted word or phrase that violates grammar,logic, or both. (I’m used to rain, How do you do)

Question 11

Infinitive

Answer 11

Word with both the functions of a verb and a noun

Question 12

Linking verb

Answer 12

Be feel look seem

Question 13

Malapropism

Answer 13

Ridiculous misuse of words, words similar in sound but different in meaning.

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

Word that images a sound

Buzzzzz

Question 15

Parable

Answer 15

Short story where character are used to teach a moral or lesson

Question 16

Satire

Answer 16

South Park (makes fun of society in the hopes of drawing their attention to issues)

Question 17

Synopsis

Answer 17

Summary of a chapter/ brief general review

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

The proper construction and arrangement of words in a sentence.

Question 19

Marginal utility

Answer 19

The benefit gained from consuming one additional unit of a good or service.

Question 20

Equimarginal principle

Answer 20

To maximise utility, consumers way allocate their limited incomes among goods and services in such a way that the marginal utilities per dollar of expenditure on the last unit of each good purchased will be equal”