vocab week 4

Question 1

paradox-noun

Answer 1

A statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time

Question 2

parallel structure-noun

Answer 2

using the same pattern of words to demonstrate that two or more ideas the same importance

Question 3

poetry:closed structure-noun

Answer 3

The poet follows a set pattern

Question 4

poetry: open structure-noun

Answer 4

The poet doesnt follew any rules but their own; free form

Question 5

Shift-verb/noun

Answer 5

A change in the tone or mood in a piece of writing

Question 6

Soliloquy-noun

Answer 6

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by one self or regardless of any hearers

Question 7

Stream of consciousness-noun

Answer 7

A method of writing that captures they myriad of thoughts and feeling that runs through the mind

Question 8

syntax-noun

Answer 8

The set of rules that helps readers and writers makes sense of sentences

Question 9

theme-noun

Answer 9

The inferred stance taken on the central topic or message of a
story

Question 10

tone-noun

Answer 10

the author’s attitude towards a certain topic

Question 11

understatement-noun

Answer 11

a literary device by which a particular quality of a person, object, emotion, or situation is downplayed or presented as being less than what is true to the situation.