Words 41-50

Question 1

Adage

Answer 1

short pointed and memorable saying based on facts and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. Famous adages become popular due to their usage over a long period of time. In fact and adage expresses a general fact or truth about life. As it becomes popular it is then accepted as a universal truth. Often repeated sayings and quotes become adages that pass on to many generations

Question 2

Pedantic

Answer 2

comes from the French word, pendant, meaning “to teach or to act as pedagogue” A pedantic is someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning. They could be a character, writer, feelings, tone, or words. A pedantic often corrects small mistakes that are not important in grand matters and therefore may annoy others around them

Question 3

Flippant

Answer 3

lacking proper respect or seriousness, this is often associated with the impatience of youth

Question 4

Evocative

Answer 4

the use of language “suggests” meanings other than the denotative. Language that connects with emotions of feelings not associated with the actual meaning of the word

Question 5

Syntactical Inversion

Answer 5

inversion, also called anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric, the syntactic reversal of the normal order for the words and phrases in a sentence, as, in English, the placing of an adjective after the noun it modifies (“the form divine”) a verb before its subject, (“came the dawn”)

Question 6

Apposition

Answer 6

grammatical construction in which to elements, normally noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other in a different way. The two elements are said the be in apposition

Question 7

Didactic

Answer 7

the word didactic is frequently used for those literary texts which are overloaded with informative or realistic matter and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details. Didactic, therefore, becomes a derogatory term referring to the forms of literature that are ostentatiously dull and erudite. However, some literary texts are entertaining as well as didactic

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

is a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. Thus, conceit examples have a surprising or shocking effect on the readers because they are novel comparisons unlike the conventional comparisons made in similes and metaphors

Question 9

Periodic Sentence

Answer 9

has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

it is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. It is also used to illustrate on opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas A paradox is often used to make the reader think over an idea in innovative way