MCQ Lang Terms

Allegory

Lesson being taught through image

Allusion

Reference to an outside piece of literature (bible or mythology reference)

Analogy

Comparison

Aphorism

Short witty saying with moral

Colloquial/colloquialism

Informal

Connotation

the implied or associative meaning of a word

Denotation

Literal definition of something

Didactic

Teaches a lesson

Extended metaphor

Metaphor over many lines

Figure of speech

Figurative language

Genre

Type of literature (poem, novel, short story, bio/auto bio, drama, essay)

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Inference/infer

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Irony/ironic

3 types:

Verbal- say one thing mean another

Situational- expect one thing to happen but something else does

Dramatic- for drama, characters don't know something that audience does

Metaphor

Comparison without using like or as

Mood

Audience reaction

Onomonapeia

Sound mimicking its meaning

Paradox

Contradiction

Parody

Mock up (making fun of something)

Personification

Human qualities for an inanimate object

Predicate adjective

Completes to be/linking verbs

Prose

Literature

Rhetoric

Style of speaking of writing

Sarcasm

Satire, ironic way of writing

Semantics

Study of words

Subject complement

Subject completion

Syllogism

Truth/premise

Understatement

Type of satire, saying something is less important or exaggerated then it truly is

Classification

Genre

Inductive/deductive logic

Small to big idea, specific to general

Antithesis

Opposite

Begging the question

Answering a question with a question

(Over)generalization

General statement that isn't always right

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consenent

Ambiguity

Not clear

Antecedent

Before pronoun

Apostrophe

Direct address without an answer

Clause

a unit of grammatical organization said to consist of a subject and predicate

Conceit

Comparison of two dissimilar things

Generic conventions

Nonspecific

Homily

Sermon that teaches a lesson

invective

something nasty, rant

loose/periodic sentence

run on sentence

metonomy

use one phase over another that means the same

oxymoron

contradiction

pedantic

cocky, inflated opinion of knowledge

predicate nominative

noun/pronoun completion

repetition

emphasis effect for repeating something

rhetorical modes

methods

satire

poking fun at the faults and foibles of society in order to effect change

subordinate clause

clause that depends on a main clause

symbol/symbolism

symbol for something

false dilemma

false syllogism

chronological narration

in order

ad hominem argument

against/attacking person

damning with faint praise

backhanded compliment

reasoning in a circle

going in a circle

begging the question

answering the question with a question

figurative language

figures of speech

syntax

position of words in a sentence

style or stylistic elements

sum of the choices a writer makes as to the selection of words

rhetorical purpose of function

strategy of using words effectively in speaking and writing

assertion

statement or declaration

metaphor

implicit comparison not using like or as

anecdote

personal story

antithesis

contrast or opposition of thoughts (against thesis)

euphemism

less direct or offensive word or phrase substituted for one that is indirect or offensive

informal

personal rather than a formal, rhetoric style

circumlocution

a round about, euphemistic way of saying something (not going to the point right away)

parallel syntax

two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences having the same grammatical structure