Language Review

4. The use of symbols or objects to represent ideas, concepts, or qualities beyond their literal meaning.
5. Refers to the overall attitude of a text that typically reflects the writer’s feelings, opinions, and intentions towards the subject matter.
8. The emotional atmosphere or tone created within a text.
10. The art of using language effectively and persuasively to communicate with and influence an audience.
11. Gives human qualities or actions to objects, animals, ideas, or other non-human entities.
14. Refers to the deliberate exaggeration of a truth or point for emphasis or dramatic effect.
15. A reference to another work, person, event, place, or thing in pop culture.
17. Extends/continues a previously established comparison for several lines, paragraphs, or pages.

1. Refers to the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
2. The repetition of two or more letters or sounds at the beginning of words that are adjacent or closely connected to each other.
3. The level of formality within a text.
6. Being heavily in favor of (positive) OR heavily opposed to (negative) an idea or thing, usually in a way that is close-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.
7. Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unrelated things.
9. Refers to the choice and use of words that authors use in their writing. It involves selecting and arranging words deliberately to create specific effects.
12. Refers to the feeling or emotion associated with a word. Can be positive, negative, or neutral.
13. Refers to a contradiction or disconnect between what is expected and what happens.
16. Refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental pictures, sensations, or experiences in the minds of readers. Imagery often appeals to the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.