Review of Terms 1 through 40

1. Review of Terms 1 through 40

2. allegories There are ______ in the story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne in which the character Faith is used to represent good fighting evil.

3. "Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool” includes _________. ("Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" -by Adrienne Rich) alliteration

4. This device is a very brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature. The story usually consists of an interesting biographical incident. This is seen in the beginning of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five when the author speaks of how he came to write the succeeding story. anecdote

5. When a narrator suddenly breaks his story to directly address someone or a personified abstraction which may or may not be present, he is using a/an ______. Milton provides an example in his Paradise Lost: "Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first born." apostrophe

6. In the novel Animal Farm, there is a revolution which takes place when the animals overthrow their human owners. The leader of the animals is a monarchic pig name Napoleon. The story is a/an ________ to the Bolshevik Revolution during World War I, allowing for the reader to better see the level of power a single ruler can reach. allusion

7. The appropriate selection of words in a poem is poetic ______. diction

8. jargon Each of the following is an example of texting _________.* lol =laughing out loud* btw =by the way * sup = What's up* l8r = later* ttyl = talk to you later* thx = thanks* np= no problem* gtg = got to go * ttfn = ta ta for now

9. In The Diary of Anne Frank, “W.C.” (which is short for “water closet”) is a less offensive terms (or a/an ________) for the word “toilet.” euphemism

10. Yoda said, ""Stopped they must be. On this all depends.” Yoda’s syntax is best described as _______________________. inverted word order

11. "Oh, beware my lords,of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” [Othello] The underlined segment is an example of which type of language? Figurative language

12. “A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.” (Pearl Bailey)The repeated element of Pearl Bailey’s quote is an example of ____________. anaphora

13. Arguing that somebody is less-than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of _____________.

14. Arguing that somebody is less-than-intelligent because he does not believe the religion you’ve been taught since you were born is an example of ad hominem argument.

15. Arguing that a Muslim who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is a ________.

16. Arguing that a Muslim who celebrates Ramadan is a terrorist is a generalization.

17. Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an ____________.

18. Someone who preaches a sermon on the benefits of Christianity would be giving a/an homily.

19. Saying that something is “no big deal” is an example of ________.

20. Saying that something is “no big deal” is an example of litote.

21. A/an ________is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, “going out” used to indicate that you were dating someone.

22. A/an idiomis a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by its parts. For example, “going out” used to indicate that you were dating someone.