Vocab

Question 1

ALLEGORY

Answer 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Question 2

ALLITERATION

Answer 2

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 3

ALLUSION

Answer 3

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 4

AMBIGUITY

Answer 4

the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

Question 5

ANALOGY

Answer 5

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Question 6

ANTITHESIS

Answer 6

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Question 7

COLLOQUIAL

Answer 7

used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

Question 8

CONNOTATION

Answer 8

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 9

DENOTATION

Answer 9

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Question 10

DICTION

Answer 10

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Question 11

EXTENDED METAPHOR

Answer 11

refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.

Question 12

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Answer 12

language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

Question 13

FIGURE OF SPEECH

Answer 13

a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

Question 14

GENRE

Answer 14

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Question 15

IMAGERY

Answer 15

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 16

INFERENCE/INFER

Answer 16

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Question 17

IRONY, IRONIC( VERBAL, SITUATIONAL, DRAMATIC)

Answer 17

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 18

PERSONIFICATION

Answer 18

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 19

POINT OF VIEW

Answer 19

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

Question 20

PROSE

Answer 20

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Question 21

REPETITION

Answer 21

the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Question 22

SATIRE

Answer 22

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Question 23

SEMANTICS

Answer 23

the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.

Question 24

SYMBOLISM

Answer 24

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 25

THEME

Answer 25

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Question 26

THESIS

Answer 26

a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

Question 27

TONE

Answer 27

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Question 28

TRANSITION

Answer 28

undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of changes.

Question 29

VOICE

Answer 29

a particular opinion or attitude expressed.