Week 5 Vocabulary Terms

What is an epigram?

• A formal speech praising a person who has died

• A brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying

• An inscription on a tombstone or burial place

• A term used to point out a characteristic of a person

What does the term 'epitaph' refer to?

• A moment of sudden revelation or insight

• A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark

• An inscription on a tombstone or burial place

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

What is an epithet?

• A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

• An interjection to lend emphasis

• A term used to point out a characteristic of a person

• A formal speech praising a person who has died

What is a eulogy?

• A moment of sudden revelation or insight

• A formal speech praising a person who has died

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• A brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying

What is a euphemism?

• A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark

• An interjection to lend emphasis

• A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

What is an exclamatory sentence?

• A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark

• A formal speech praising a person who has died

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• An interjection to lend emphasis

What is an expletive?

• A term used to point out a characteristic of a person

• An interjection to lend emphasis

• A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

• A moment of sudden revelation or insight

What is a fable?

• A formal speech praising a person who has died

• An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

• A sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark

What is an epiphany?

• a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying

• a formal speech praising a person who has died

• a moment of sudden revelation or insight

• an inscription on a tombstone or burial place

What is an epigraph?

• a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters

• saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work

• an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• a term used to point out a characteristic of a person