Answer to Question #258793 in English for Jen

Question

What is jargon?

a. words or expressions that are unbiased

b. words used by a particular group that nongroup members might have difficulty understanding.

c. words that have more than one meaning and must be clarified.

d. common, everyday language

Presenting opposites within the same or adjoining sentences is called ______.

a. alliteration

b. onomatopoeia

c. understatement

d. antithesis

“She ran like the wind” is an example of ______.

a. literal language

b. false language

c. comparative language

d. figurative language

“Your body is a temple” is an example of a/an ______.

a. alliteration

b. metaphor

c. comparison

d. simile

Answer 1

1.What is jargon?

b. words used by a particular group that nongroup members might have difficulty understanding.

2.Presenting opposites within the same or adjoining sentences is called ______.

d. antithesis

3.“She ran like the wind” is an example of ______.

d. figurative language

4.“Your body is a temple” is an example of a/an ______.

b. metaphor