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Fill in the blanks and answer the questions
What is syntax?
What is tone?
Authors choose their words carefully to establish a particular______ and to make clear their overall_____and purpose.
What is a word's connotation?
What is figurative language?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is the literal meaning of a word?
______is the study of a word's origins and how its meanings have changed over time.
What is syntax?
What is tone?
Authors choose their words carefully to establish a particular______ and to make clear their overall_____and purpose.
What is a word's connotation?
What is figurative language?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is the literal meaning of a word?
______is the study of a word's origins and how its meanings have changed over time.
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Sure! Here are the filled-in blanks and answers to your questions:
1. **What is syntax?**
Syntax refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. It involves the grammatical rules that govern sentence structure.
2. **What is tone?**
Tone is the attitude or emotional quality of a piece of writing, conveyed through the author’s word choice and style. It can be serious, humorous, formal, informal, optimistic, pessimistic, etc.
3. Authors choose their words carefully to establish a particular **tone** and to make clear their overall **message** and purpose.
4. **What is a word's connotation?**
A word's connotation refers to the implied or associated meanings and emotions that a word evokes beyond its literal definition. It can carry positive, negative, or neutral feelings.
5. **What is figurative language?**
Figurative language is the use of words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole.
6. **What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?**
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "as brave as a lion"), while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another (e.g., "time is a thief").
7. **What is the literal meaning of a word?**
The literal meaning of a word is its explicit, primary definition as found in a dictionary, without any emotional or associative implications.
8. **Etymology** is the study of a word's origins and how its meanings have changed over time.
1. **What is syntax?**
Syntax refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. It involves the grammatical rules that govern sentence structure.
2. **What is tone?**
Tone is the attitude or emotional quality of a piece of writing, conveyed through the author’s word choice and style. It can be serious, humorous, formal, informal, optimistic, pessimistic, etc.
3. Authors choose their words carefully to establish a particular **tone** and to make clear their overall **message** and purpose.
4. **What is a word's connotation?**
A word's connotation refers to the implied or associated meanings and emotions that a word evokes beyond its literal definition. It can carry positive, negative, or neutral feelings.
5. **What is figurative language?**
Figurative language is the use of words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole.
6. **What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?**
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "as brave as a lion"), while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another (e.g., "time is a thief").
7. **What is the literal meaning of a word?**
The literal meaning of a word is its explicit, primary definition as found in a dictionary, without any emotional or associative implications.
8. **Etymology** is the study of a word's origins and how its meanings have changed over time.
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