Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

exposition

Answer 1

to convey/explain difficult to understand information

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

the repetition of sounds in two or more close words or syllables

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

implied or indirect reference usually from one piece of work to another

Question 4

assonance

Answer 4

repetition or resemblance of a sound in words or syllables

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

extreme/extravagant exaggeration

Question 6

metaphor

Answer 6

figure of speech in which the comparison of two unlike objects is shown

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

comparing two unlike objects using “like” or “as”

Question 8

motif

Answer 8

recurring thematic element or idea

Question 9

personification

Answer 9

giving human or animalistic traits to inanimate objects

Question 10

juxtaposition

Answer 10

the act or instance of placing two or more things side by side to compare and contrast or create and interesting effect

Question 11

epigram

Answer 11

a single thought or event phrased with a witty ingenious end

Question 12

obtrude

Answer 12

to force or impose

Question 13

pensive

Answer 13

dreamy/serious thought

Question 14

licentious

Answer 14

lacing moral restraints usually sexual

Question 15

prevarication

Answer 15

to lie

Question 16

relic

Answer 16

an object from the past with historical value