Donaldson Semester 1 Final Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
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metonymy - ANSWERthe substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
personification - ANSWERthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
alliteration - ANSWERth...
Donaldson Semester 1 Final Questions &
Answers 100% Correct!!
metonymy - ANSWERthe substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing
meant
personification - ANSWERthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something
nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
alliteration - ANSWERthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words.
metaphor - ANSWERa word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally
applicable.
simile - ANSWERthe comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as
The scarlet ibis author and plot - ANSWERJames Hurst
-Narrator's little brother doodle is born with a physical disability
-The narrator decides to teach Doddle how to be "normal" for his own pride
-One summer Doodle and his brother find a dead scarlet Ibis, which Doodle connects to
-When the brother is teaching his brother, Doodle says he's too tired and it starts raining
-The narrator leaves his brother in the rain, but he then comes back to find Doodle dead
idiom - ANSWERa group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from
those of the individual words
anecdote - ANSWERa short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
anachronism - ANSWERa thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists,
especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
, allusion - ANSWERan expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;
an indirect or passing reference.
antangonist - ANSWERa person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an
adversary.
aside - ANSWERwhen a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
synechodche - ANSWERa part is made to represent the whole or vice versa,
onomatopeia - ANSWERthe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
pun - ANSWERa play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests
two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings.
motif - ANSWERa recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme
is a central idea or message.
irony - ANSWERhe use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
hyperbole - ANSWERexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
versimilitude - ANSWERthe extent to which the literary text is believable, or the extent to which it
imitates life
disentangle - ANSWERfree (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
malignant - ANSWERthings or conditions that threaten life or well-being.
chronicle - ANSWERa factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their
occurrence.
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