VOCAB 3

Question 1

Fallacy, Fallacious Reasoning

Answer 1

an incorrect belief or supposition based on faulty data, defective evidence, false information, or flawed logic

Question 2

Figure of speech; figurative language

Answer 2

the implied meanings within words and phrases; any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language

Question 3

Genre

Answer 3

a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, essay, excerpt, speech, poem, song lyrics, or short story

Question 4

Hubris

Answer 4

excessive pride that often affects tone

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect

Question 6

Hypophora

Answer 6

when the writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question

Question 7

Hypothetical example or situation

Answer 7

imagined or suggested and possible, but not necessarily real or true

Question 8

Image, imagery

Answer 8

a word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt; imagery is the use of images in speech and writing

Question 9

Inductive reasoning

Answer 9

using a number of specific facts or examples to make a broader generalization; working from specific to general

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

a conclusion or proposition arrived at by considering facts, observations, or some other specific data

Question 11

Invective

Answer 11

a direct verbal assault; a denunciation; casting blame on someone or something

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

when the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated; a state of affairs or events that is the reverse of what might have been expected

Question 13

Juxtaposition

Answer 13

two words, phrases, images, or ideas placed close together for purposes of comparison or contrast

Question 14

Literal language

Answer 14

using words exactly according to their conventionally accepted meanings or denotations; language devoid of figurative devices

Question 15

Litotes

Answer 15

a form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity

Question 16

Loaded words

Answer 16

words or phrases that have strong emotional implications; diction which evokes strongly positive or negative reactions beyond the literal interpretation

Question 17

Logos

Answer 17

appealing to the logic of the audience, usually through the use of research, data, statistics, or other factual, verifiable information

Question 18

Malapropism

Answer 18

A confused use of words in which the correct or appropriate word is replaced by a word with a similar sound but inappropriate meaning

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

direct comparison between unlike objects; an extended series of comparison is called an extended metaphor

Question 20

Metonymy

Answer 20

using the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is closely associated