Vocab Quiz 2

Question 1

Ethos

Answer 1

Credibility

Question 2

Pathos

Answer 2

Emotion

Question 3

Logos

Answer 3

Logic

Question 4

Ad Hominem Argument

Answer 4

Against the man, attacking the speaker

Question 5

Archetypal Symbols

Answer 5

Symbols with universal meanings

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Tounge-twisters

Question 7

Allegory

Answer 7

Same story, different characters

Question 8

Allusion

Answer 8

A direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known

Question 9

Analogy

Answer 9

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

“Not” or opposites. “It’s not you, it’s me.” A figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas

Question 11

Ambiguity

Answer 11

The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage, almost similar to an opinion where it is left up for interpretation or up in the air

Question 12

Atmosphere

Answer 12

The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author’s choice of objects that are described, frequently, atmosphere foreshadows events

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

Apostrophes “point” up, like they are talking to something higher up

Question 14

Aphorism

Answer 14

Bumper stickers, action speak louder than words, “live, laugh, love,” a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth of moral principle, an aphorism can be a memorable summation of the author’s point

Question 15

Caricature

Answer 15

Stereotype

Question 16

Colloquialism

Answer 16

Slang or informality in speech or writing, also regionalized words

Question 17

Connotation

Answer 17

Involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes

Question 18

Denotation

Answer 18

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word

Question 19

Diction

Answer 19

Word choice

Question 20

Hyperbole

Answer 20

Overexageration

Question 21

Invective

Answer 21

Cussing out

Question 22

Irony

Answer 22

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

Question 23

Verbal Irony

Answer 23

Sarcasm

Question 24

Situational Irony

Answer 24

Something you wouldn’t expect, fire station burns down

Question 25

Dramatic Irony

Answer 25

Romeo and Juliet, scary movies

Question 26

Juxtaposition

Answer 26

Comparing two things that aren’t alike

Question 27

Metaphor

Answer 27

Comparison not using like or as

Question 28

Metonymy

Answer 28

One word that represents other areas, press or White House

Question 29

Narrative

Answer 29

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

Question 30

Onomatopeia

Answer 30

Figure of speech where natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

Question 31

Parody

Answer 31

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule