Vocab #2

Question 1

Antecedent

Answer 1

The word to which a pronoun refers

Question 2

Comparison

Answer 2

A statement of similarities

Question 3

Conceit

Answer 3

The comparison of two highly dissimilar things

Question 4

Diatribe

Answer 4

A bitter verbal attack

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

An extreme exaggeration

Question 6

Mood

Answer 6

The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work

Question 7

Parallelism

Answer 7

The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences

Question 8

Parody

Answer 8

An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work

Question 9

Periodic sentence

Answer 9

A sentence with the independent clause at the end

Question 10

Rhetoric

Answer 10

The art of using language effectively

Question 11

Predicate adjective

Answer 11

The adjective that follows a linking verb

Question 12

Satire

Answer 12

A work that ridicules humans or social institutions

Question 13

Semantics

Answer 13

The meaning of a word or sentence

Question 14

Synecdoche

Answer 14

A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing

Question 15

Understatement

Answer 15

The presentation of something as less important than it really is

Question 16

Wit

Answer 16

Intellectual language that surprises and delights

Question 17

Colloquial

Answer 17

Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech

Question 18

Anecdote

Answer 18

A short account of an incident