VERSIONS 60 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100%
CORRECT) A+ GRADED ASSURED
"Simplistic" - CORRECT ANSWER: Word that carries a negative connotation when used in a
sentence.
Affixes - CORRECT ANSWER: Prefix, Root, Suffix
Allegory - CORRECT ANSWER: A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events
stand for other
people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities
EXAMPLE: Animal Farm; Dante's Inferno; Lord of the Flies
Allusion - CORRECT ANSWER: Reference to someone or something that is known from
history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect
reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).
Anaphora - CORRECT ANSWER: Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of
two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the
writer's point more coherent.
Anastrophe - CORRECT ANSWER: Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts
of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion.
Anecdote - CORRECT ANSWER: Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of
something, often shows character of an individual
, Antimetabole - CORRECT ANSWER: Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse
grammatical order.
Example- Moliere: "One should eat to live, not live to eat." In poetry, this is called chiasmus.
Aphorism - CORRECT ANSWER: Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise
observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth.
Example: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER: Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a
place or
thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for
inspiration it is called an invocation.
Example: Josiah Holland ---"Loacöon! Thou great embodiment/ Of human life and human
history!"
Aritculation - CORRECT ANSWER: The pronunciation of words and phrases
Assonance - CORRECT ANSWER: The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different
consonant
sounds especially in words that are together.
Asyndeton - CORRECT ANSWER: Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of
words, thus
emphasizing the parts equally: instead of X, Y, and Z... the writer uses X,Y,Z.... see
polysyndeton.