Vocab #4

Question 1

Apostrophe

Answer 1

A poetic device in which the speaker addresses an idea or a person who is not present

Question 2

Epithet

Answer 2

A descriptive word or phrase that stresses the dominant trait of a noun

Question 3

Facetious

Answer 3

Playfully humorous

Question 4

Declarative sentence

Answer 4

A sentence that makes a statement

Question 5

Elegiac

Answer 5

Expressing sorrow for that which is in the past

Question 6

Gothic

Answer 6

Old fashioned to the point of being barbarous or crude

Question 7

Idyllic

Answer 7

Simple, tranquil, and carefree

Question 8

Imperative sentence

Answer 8

A sentence that gives a command

Question 9

Laudatory

Answer 9

Expressing praise

Question 10

Litotes

Answer 10

A type of understatement that asserts a point by denying its negative

Question 11

Lugubrious

Answer 11

Dismal or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree

Question 12

Macabre

Answer 12

Suggesting the horror of death and decay

Question 13

Maudlin

Answer 13

Excessively sentimental

Question 14

Nostalgia

Answer 14

A bittersweet longing for things of the past

Question 15

Rhapsodic

Answer 15

Impassion, enthusiastic, and ecstatic

Question 16

Appositive

Answer 16

A word or phrase that directly follows the noun it modifies

Question 17

Obloquy

Answer 17

Public condemnation

Question 18

Paean

Answer 18

A song of praise or joy

Question 19

Phrase

Answer 19

A group of words without a subject, verb, or both

Question 20

Antithesis

Answer 20

Two opposing ideas presented in a parallel manner