Tre. 3 Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A direct or indirect reference to something presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Balancing contrasting ideas, or contrast in the meanings of contiguous phrases or clauses.

Question 6

Aphorism

Answer 6

A terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or a moral principle.

Question 7

Apostrophe

Answer 7

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

Question 8

Clause

Answer 8

A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.

Question 9

Colloquial / Colloquialism

Answer 9

The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.

Question 10

Connotation

Answer 10

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.

Question 11

Denotation

Answer 11

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.

Question 12

Euphemism

Answer 12

From the Greek for “good speech,” euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept.

Question 13

Figurative Language

Answer 13

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

Question 15

Imagery

Answer 15

The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.

Question 16

Inference / Infer

Answer 16

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Question 17

Irony / Ironic

Answer 17

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is meant.

Question 18

Loose Sentence

Answer 18

A type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependant grammatical units such as phrases and clauses.

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.

Question 20

Motif

Answer 20

A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.

Question 21

Narrative

Answer 21

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.

Question 22

Onomatopoeia

Answer 22

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

From the Greek for “pointed foolish,” an oxymoron is a figure of speech wherein the author groups contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.

Question 24

Paradox

Answer 24

A statement that appeared to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.

Question 25

Parallelism

Answer 25

Also referred to as a parallel construction or parallel structure, this term comes from Greek roots meaning “beside on another.”

Question 26

Periodic Sentence

Answer 26

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

Question 27

Personification

Answer 27

A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.

Question 28

Prose

Answer 28

One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most closely resemble everyday speech.

Question 29

Repetition

Answer 29

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.

Question 30

Rhetoric

Answer 30

From the Greek for “orator,” this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

Question 31

Rhetorical Modes

Answer 31

This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purpose of the major kinds of writing.

Question 32

Satire

Answer 32

A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.

Question 33

Style

Answer 33

The consideration of style has two purposes. (1) Evaluations of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. (2) Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors.

Question 34

Subordinate Clause

Answer 34

Like all clauses, this word group contains both a subject and a verb (plus any accompanying phrases or modifiers), but unlike the independent clause, the subordinate clause cannot stand alone; it does not express a complete thought.

Question 35

Syllogism

Answer 35

From the Greek for “reckoning together,” a syllogism (or syllogistic reasoning) is a deductive system or formal logic that represents two premises (the first one called “major” and the “minor”) that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion.

Question 36

Syntax

Answer 36

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

Question 37

Tone

Answer 37

Similar to mood, tone describes the author’s attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both.

Question 38

Transition

Answer 38

A word or phrase that links different ideas.

Question 39

Understatement

Answer 39

The ironic minimalizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is.