Vocab Quiz #3

Question 1

Archaic Diction

Answer 1

the use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

figure of speech, using strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences or ideas

Question 3

Assertion

Answer 3

an emphatic statement; a declaration.

Question 4

Asyndeton

Answer 4

leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, clauses

Question 5

Authority

Answer 5

a reliable, respected source - someone with knowledge

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue

Question 7

Chronological

Answer 7

in the order of time

Question 8

Colloquial

Answer 8

informal conversation, it differs in grammar, vocabulary, syntax, imagery, or connotation–can also vary based on location

Question 9

Clause

Answer 9

any combination of subject and verb which makes a complete sentence, Independent/dependent

Question 10

Complex Sentence

Answer 10

a sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Question 11

Declarative Sentence

Answer 11

a sentence that makes a statement

Question 12

Ellipsis/Ellipse

Answer 12

the omission of one or more words

Question 13

Imperative Sentence

Answer 13

a sentence that requests or commands

Question 14

Inversion

Answer 14

a sentence in which the verb precedes the subject

Question 15

Mechanics

Answer 15

any form of sentence regulation which aides in interpretation; period, comma, hyphen, question mark, italics, capitalization, etc.

Question 16

Pedantic

Answer 16

bookish and scholarly in tone, often boring and dull due to little interest on the part of the listener

Question 17

Polysyndeton

Answer 17

the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

the physical arrangement of words in a sentence.

Question 19

Scheme

Answer 19

a pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect

Question 20

Trope

Answer 20

artful diction; the use of language in a non-literal way; also called a figure of speech