vocab

Question 1

denotation

Answer 1

denotation is the strict, literal definition

Question 2

connotation

Answer 2

connotation is the implied meaning of a word

Question 3

satire

Answer 3

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity

Question 4

alliteration

Answer 4

repetition of sounds

Question 5

allusion

Answer 5

a reference in a work of literature to another form of text

Question 6

foil

Answer 6

Foil is a literary device designed to illustrate or reveal information, traits, values, or motivations of one character through the comparison and contrast of another character.

Question 7

idiom

Answer 7

A little quote thing
EX:
1.) “go the extra mile”
2.) “once in a blue moon”
3.) “24-7”

Question 8

verbal irony

Answer 8

The definition of verbal irony is a statement in which the speaker’s words are incongruous with the speaker’s intent. The speaker says one thing, but they really mean another, resulting in an ironic clash between their intended meaning and their literal words.

Question 9

metaphor

Answer 9

the implied comparison between two unlike things

Question 10

motif

Answer 10

some sort of theme, charectar type, image, metaphor or other verbal emelent that recurs throughout a piece of writing.
EX: in the Alchemist, the SOUL OF THE WORLD, is a motif (so is personal legend)

Question 11

oxymoron

Answer 11

a phrase combining two contradicting terms
EX:
1.) jumbo shrimp
2.) bittersweet

Question 12

onomatopoeia

Answer 12

using letters to describe specific sounds
EX:
1.) “the gun went BANG”
2.) “THWIING was the sound his rubber band made”

Question 13

paradox

Answer 13

a statement that appears to contradict itself

Question 14

situational irony