ENGL 102 TEST 2 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ denotation. Answer: the basic definition or dictionary meaning of
a word
◉ simile. Answer: a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison
is made between two things essentially unlike. The comparison is
made explicit by the use of some such word or phrase as like, as,
than, similar to, resembles, or seemes
◉ metaphor. Answer: a figure of speech in which an implicit
comparison is made between two things essentially unlike without
using like or as
◉ personification. Answer: a figure of speech in which human
attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept
◉ apostrophe. Answer: a figure of speech in which someone absent
or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and
present and could reply
, ◉ metonoymy. Answer: a figure of speech which substitutes the
name of one thing with that of another with which it is closely
associated in common experience
◉ synecdoche. Answer: a figure of speech in which a part signifies
the whole or the whole signifies a part
◉ allusion. Answer: a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in
previous literature or history
◉ hyperbole. Answer: an overstatement used to stress a point
◉ pun. Answer: a kind of word-play that depends upon identical or
similar sounds among words with different meaning
◉ paradox. Answer: a statement or expression playing on words that
initially seem self-contradictory, but which provokes reflection on
ways or contexts in which it might seem valid
◉ oxymoron. Answer: a condensed paradox combining two
contradictory terms, such as bittersweet
◉ alliteration. Answer: a repetition of a sound, usually the initial
sound, in a sequence of words
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
◉ denotation. Answer: the basic definition or dictionary meaning of
a word
◉ simile. Answer: a figure of speech in which an explicit comparison
is made between two things essentially unlike. The comparison is
made explicit by the use of some such word or phrase as like, as,
than, similar to, resembles, or seemes
◉ metaphor. Answer: a figure of speech in which an implicit
comparison is made between two things essentially unlike without
using like or as
◉ personification. Answer: a figure of speech in which human
attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept
◉ apostrophe. Answer: a figure of speech in which someone absent
or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and
present and could reply
, ◉ metonoymy. Answer: a figure of speech which substitutes the
name of one thing with that of another with which it is closely
associated in common experience
◉ synecdoche. Answer: a figure of speech in which a part signifies
the whole or the whole signifies a part
◉ allusion. Answer: a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in
previous literature or history
◉ hyperbole. Answer: an overstatement used to stress a point
◉ pun. Answer: a kind of word-play that depends upon identical or
similar sounds among words with different meaning
◉ paradox. Answer: a statement or expression playing on words that
initially seem self-contradictory, but which provokes reflection on
ways or contexts in which it might seem valid
◉ oxymoron. Answer: a condensed paradox combining two
contradictory terms, such as bittersweet
◉ alliteration. Answer: a repetition of a sound, usually the initial
sound, in a sequence of words
