Vocabulary

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

Something whose meaning is uncertain

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

A comparison between two different items

Question 3

Chronological

Answer 3

Arranged according to time sequence

Question 4

Clause

Answer 4

A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb

Question 5

Contrast

Answer 5

To show differences

Question 6

Denotation

Answer 6

The literal or dictionary definition of a word

Question 7

Diction

Answer 7

The author’s choice of words

Question 8

Euphemism

Answer 8

A more acceptable way of saying something that causes discomfort

Question 9

Genre

Answer 9

The major category into which a literary work fits

Question 10

Homily

Answer 10

A serious talk that involves moral or spiritual advice

Question 11

Infer

Answer 11

To conclude from evidence

Question 12

Loose sentence

Answer 12

A sentence in which the independent clause comes first

Question 13

Metonymy

Answer 13

A figure of speech in which the name of one subject is substituted for another closely associated with it

Question 14

Narrative

Answer 14

The telling of a story

Question 15

Paradox

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A statement that appears self-contradictory

Question 16

Repetition

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Duplication of any sound, word, phrase, or grammatical pattern

Question 17

Sarcasm

Answer 17

Bitter language intended to hurt a person or thing

Question 18

Sophistication

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Wisdom caused by world experience

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Synesthetic

Answer 19

Involving more than one sense

Question 20

Subject complement

Answer 20

The word or words that follow a linking verb

Question 21

Anecdote

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A short account of an incident

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Antecedent

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The word to which a pronoun refers

Question 23

Comparison

Answer 23

A statement of similarities

Question 24

Conceit

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The comparison of two highly dissimilar things

Question 25

Diatribe

Answer 25

A bitter verbal attack

Question 26

Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

Question 27

Mood

Answer 27

The emotion that the reader feels when reading a literary work

Question 28

Parallelism

Answer 28

The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences

Question 29

Parody

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An imitation of a work intended to ridicule the work

Question 30

Periodic sentence

Answer 30

A sentence with the independent clause at the end of the sentence

Question 31

Rhetoric

Answer 31

The art of using language effectively

Question 32

Predicate adjective

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The adjective that follows a linking verb

Question 33

Satire

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A work that ridicules humans or social institutions

Question 34

Semantics

Answer 34

The meaning of a word or sentence

Question 35

Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole thing

Question 36

Understatement

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The presentation of something as less important than it actually is.

Question 37

Wit

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Intellectual language that surprises and delights

Question 38

Colloquial

Answer 38

Characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech