Look up the following terms using Google. Find examples. Write down the definitions and at least one example for each item. If you are confused and need more clarification, make a note in your binder to ask me during class. (We may have discussed these terms before or you may have defined them already, but repetition is the mother of memory.)
- satire
- voice
- context
- complex diction
- inflection (grammar)
- motif
- pun
- aphorism
- idiom
- hyperbole
- euphemism
- jargon
- oxymoron
- understatement
- illusion vs. allusion
- paradox
- semantics
- fragment (grammar)
- simple sentence (grammar)
- compound sentence (grammar)
- complex sentence (grammar)
- inverted sentence (grammar)
- dialect
- bombast
- circumlocution
- figurative language
