Week 4

Question 1

Parody

Answer 1

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. As comedy, parody distorts or exaggerated distinctive features of the original. As ridicule, it mimics the work by repeating and borrowing words

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.

Question 3

Periodic sentence

Answer 3

A sentence that 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.

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Polysyndeton

Answer 5

Figure of addition and emphasis which intentionally employs a series of conjunctions (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) not normally found in successive words, phrases or clauses; the deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses.

Question 6

Point of view

Answer 6

In literature, the perspective from which a story is told

Question 7

Predicate adjective

Answer 7

One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It is the predicate of the sentence, and modifies, or describes, the subject.

Question 8

Predicate nominative

Answer 8

A second type of subject complement - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It, like the predicate adjective, follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence.

Question 9

Prose

Answer 9

One of the major divisions of genre, prose refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line

Question 10

Repetition

Answer 10

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.

Question 11

Rhetoric

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Rhetorical modes

Answer 12

This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing.

Question 13

Rhetorical Question

Answer 13

differs from hypophora in that it is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice.

Question 14

Sarcasm

Answer 14

From the Greek meaning “to tear flesh,” sarcasm involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.