Vocabulary Lesson 5

Question 1

To persuade by pleasant words or false promises

Answer 1

cajole

Question 2

Unfeeling; insensitive

Answer 2

callous

Question 3

To surrender; to cease resisting

Answer 3

capitulate

Question 4

Changeable; fickle

Answer 4

capricious

Question 5

Complaining

Answer 5

carping

Question 6

Someone or something that brings about a change

Answer 6

catalyst

Question 7

An emotional purification or relief

Answer 7

catharsis

Question 8

Stinging; biting

Answer 8

caustic

Question 9

Having to do with the heavens; divine

Answer 9

celestial

Question 10

To blame; to criticize adversely

Answer 10

censure

Question 11

A sentence the presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. This independent clause is preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone

Answer 11

periodic sentence

Question 12

A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions

Answer 12

personification

Question 13

The perspective from which a story is told

Answer 13

point of view

Question 14

Uses the word “I” and is a character in the story

Answer 14

first-person narrator

Question 15

Uses the words “he,” “she,” and “it.”

Answer 15

third-person narrator

Question 16

An adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It modifies or describes the subject

Answer 16

predicate adjectives

Question 17

A noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that renames the subject and follows a linking verb.

Answer 17

predicate nominative

Question 18

One of the major divisions of genre, _____ refers to fiction and nonfiction, including all its forms, because they are written in ordinary language and most clearly resemble everyday speech.

Answer 18

prose

Question 19

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern. It links and emphasizes ideas while allowing the reader the comfort of recognizing something familiar

Answer 19

repetition

Question 20

From the Greek for “orator,” this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively

Answer 20

rhetoric

Question 21

Describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing.

Answer 21

rhetoric modes

Question 22

Used to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion

Answer 22

exposition

Question 23

Used to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion and argument that thoroughly convince the reader

Answer 23

argumentation

Question 24

Used to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action, so that the reader can picture that being described

Answer 24

description

Question 25

Used to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events

Answer 25

narration

Question 26

A question that is asked merely for effect and does not expect a reply. The answer is assumed

Answer 26

rhetorical question