Raise Your Voice - Pretest

Term

Definition

Accumulation

The acquisition or gradual gathering of something.

Alliteration

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or

closely connected words.

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it

explicitly.

Amplification

The expansion of a statement, narrative.

Analogy

A comparison between one thing and another.

Anaphora

The use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or

conversation, to avoid repetition.

Argument

An exchange of diverging or opposite views

Audience

People giving attention to something.

Context

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea,
and in terms of which it can be fully understood.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Emotive language

Words or phrases that change the feel of a sentence through evoking a

particular emotional reaction from the reader.

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language

Inclusive language

Language that is free from words, phrases or tones that reflect prejudiced,
stereotyped or discriminatory views of particular people or groups.

Logic

Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.

Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or

action to which it is not literally applicable.

Purpose

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something
exists.

Repetition

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Rhetorical question

A figure of speech in the form of a question

Simile

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing
of a different kind

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in

a language.

Understatement

The presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important

than it really is.