Greenville Tech ENG 102 Terms Test – Study Guide, Notes & Practice
Questions (2026 Updated)
Ad Hominem - correct answer ✔✔a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the
real issue in dispute
Alliteration - correct answer ✔✔Repetition of consonant sounds
cacophony - correct answer ✔✔A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
narrator types - correct answer ✔✔first person, second person, third person
tone - correct answer ✔✔A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through
diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
Understatement - correct answer ✔✔when you represent something as less than what it is
Overstatement - correct answer ✔✔the action of expressing or stating something too strongly;
exaggeration.
allude - correct answer ✔✔to hint at, to refer to indirectly
willing suspension of disbelief - correct answer ✔✔a willingness to suspend one's critical
faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment
setting - correct answer ✔✔The time and place of a story
Questions (2026 Updated)
Ad Hominem - correct answer ✔✔a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the
real issue in dispute
Alliteration - correct answer ✔✔Repetition of consonant sounds
cacophony - correct answer ✔✔A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
narrator types - correct answer ✔✔first person, second person, third person
tone - correct answer ✔✔A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through
diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
Understatement - correct answer ✔✔when you represent something as less than what it is
Overstatement - correct answer ✔✔the action of expressing or stating something too strongly;
exaggeration.
allude - correct answer ✔✔to hint at, to refer to indirectly
willing suspension of disbelief - correct answer ✔✔a willingness to suspend one's critical
faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment
setting - correct answer ✔✔The time and place of a story
