Vocabulary
Condone means?
To forgive, to overlook an offense
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of the sentence and global levels.
Tone
The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next.
Anadiplosis
Does the second thought in a sentence that includes a semi-colon start with an uppercase or lowercase letter?
Lowercase
"If there be cords, or knives, or poison, or fire, or suffocating streams, I'll not endure it" (Shakespeare's Othello) is an example of which rhetorical device?
Polysyndeton
Ostensible means?
Professed but not necessarily true
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader?
Mood
The general, political, social, or economic state of land during the time when the piece was written or delivered.
Occasion
True or false. You should place a comma between an adjective and the noun it describes.
False.
A slight or subtle degree of difference?
Nuance
Ignominy means?
Publish shame, disgrace, dishonor
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity?
Assonance
An artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed.
Trope
When is a colon used instead of a semi-colon?
To introduce an explanation or restatement of a complete thought.
Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations associated by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning or denotation.
Connotation
Avarice means?
Greed; the desire for wealth
The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
Allegory
Addressing a person in a speech or composition who is not present.
Apostrophe
What are the two questions to consider when deciding whether adjectives need a comma between them?
1. Does the sentence sound natural with the word “and” between the adjectives?
2. Does the sentence sound natural if you switch the order of the adjectives? (If yes to both, use a comma!)
Gabe had a _________________ view of Iraq after losing his wife in the Gulf War.
Jaundiced
Strident means?
Harsh sounding; grating
Sentence which uses 'and' or another conjunction to separate the items in a series; appears in the form X and Y and Z
Polysyndeton
The purposeful omission of words by which the meaning is still clear because of the context.
Asyndeton
What is an appositive phrase?
A phrase that renames or gives more information about a noun. (Example: Mr. Rex, an adventurous eater, had a dinosaur egg for breakfast.)
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is an example of what Rhetorical Device?
Chiasmus