Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What word means "a comparison of two things to show that they are alike in certain respects"?

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Persuasion

What is the term for a scene in a narrative work that interrupts the present action of the plot to 'flash backward' and tell what happened in an earlier time?

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Persuasion

What is the term that means "clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot"?

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Persuasion

What is the term that means "writing that tries to "influence" the reader or listener to act in a certain way"?

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Persuasion

What is "language that appeals to the senses"?

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Persuasion

What word means "act of clearing a person of charges of wrongdoing "?

• Acquittal

• Allay

• Arduous

• Censuring

• Commiserate

What word means "to relieve; calm "?

• Acquittal

• Allay

• Arduous

• Censuring

• Commiserate

What word means "difficult "?

• Acquittal

• Allay

• Arduous

• Censuring

• Commiserate

What word means "expressing strong disapproval of "?

• Acquittal

• Allay

• Arduous

• Censuring

• Commiserate

What word means "feel pity for or sympathize with"?

• Acquittal

• Allay

• Arduous

• Censuring

• Commiserate