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Vocab 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ambiguity

a)

Emotional mood created

b)

Multiple meanings of a word

c)

Literal meaning of a word

d)

Serious talk or speech

2.

Statement which expresses a truth or moral principle

a)

Conceit

b)

Aphorism

c)

Allusion

d)

Undertone

3.

Colloquialism

a)

Tradition for a genre

b)

A serious talk or speech

c)

To draw conclusions from the information given

d)

Using slang in formal writing or a speech

4.

Anaphora

a)

Same expression repeated at the beginning of a phrase

b)

A narrative of an incident

c)

Word referred to by a pronoun

d)

Comparing 2 different things with a phrase

5.

Strident

a)

Something loud or harsh

b)

Unchanging and lacking development

c)

Stun

d)

Have a lower rank

6.

Skeptical

a)

Not intended to be literal

b)

Exaggerating or overstatement

c)

Comparing 2 things

d)

Being doubtful about something

7.

Narrative of an incident in a person’s life

a)

Clause

b)

Anecdote

c)

Denotation

d)

Connotation

8.

Fanciful

a)

Virulent

b)

Connotation

c)

Whimsical

d)

Denote

9.

Antecedent

a)

Using characters or elements symbolically

b)

Addresses an imaginary character

c)

Implied meaning of a word

d)

Word referred to by a pronoun

10.

The literal dictionary definition of a word

a)

Epistrophe

b)

Denotation

c)

Connotation

d)

Style

11.

Expression in the form of extended metaphor or analogy between 2 different things

a)

Pedantic

b)

Conceit

c)

Extended metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

12.

Connotation

a)

Non literal, implied meaning of a word

b)

Literal meaning of a word

c)

Slang words

d)

Related to style and author word choices

13.

False or counterfeit

a)

Anaphora

b)

Spurious

c)

Tirade

d)

Paradox

14.

To overcome any challenges or difficulties

a)

Sycophant

b)

Tirade

c)

Tentative

d)

Surmount

15.

Sycophant

a)

Flatterer

b)

Using slang words

c)

Being persistent about something

d)

Keeping balance

16.

Scolding

a)

Tantamount

b)

Anadiplosis

c)

Tirade

d)

Clause

17.

Transcendent

a)

Unimportant

b)

Take away someone’s rank

c)

Commotion or confusion

d)

Exceeding ordinary limits or superior

18.

Repetition of one word at the end of a sentence, word starts the new sentence

a)

Anadiplosis

b)

Paradox

c)

Clause

d)

Coherence

19.

Virulent

a)

Evaporating rapidly

b)

Poisonous

c)

A virus

d)

To hold back

20.

To slander or take away

a)

Vilify

b)

Virulent

c)

Whimiscal

d)

Anaphora