English 103 terminology review

1. MIDTERM
Figurative and Slanted
Language Review
English 103
Angela E Henderson

2. Slanted Language
I did not object to the
object.

3. Figurative Language
 My children love to listen to the
snap, crackle, pop of their Rice
Krispies.

4. Slanted Language
 He had to use a fire distinguisher to
put out the flames.

5. Slanted Language
 United Airlines CEO reported on
television that their aircraft had
uncontrolled contact with the
ground leaving no survivors.

6. Figurative Language
 Before Watergate the realm of
politics was a land of orchards and
sweet-running streams; after
Watergate the realm of politics was
a swamp inhabited by foul and
crawling things.

7. Slanted Language
 The nurse informed the doctor that
his patient left AMA.

8. Figurative Language
 Fear knocked on the door. Faith
answered. There was no one there.

9. Figurative Language
 “The hundreds of faces staring at
them looked like pale lanterns in
the flickering candlelight.” – Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
(116).

10. Figurative Language
 The President was awaiting news
from the Pentagon.

11. Slanted Language
 The problem with kids these days is
they spend too much time in front
of the idiot box.

12. Slanted Language
 As the couple left the restaurant,
the man casually reached over the
hostess’ counter to grab a wood
inter-dental stimulator.

13. Slanted Language
 My colleague whispered to me in a
department meeting that our boss
was experiencing “domestic
discord”.

14. Slanted Language
 The witness could not answer the
question. He could only say,“the
information is on the tip of my
tongue.”

15. Slanted Language
 Mr. Magoo’s bad eyesight caused
him to stumble around and bump
into objects. Due to pressure from
the federation (fearing that it might
offend blind people), Disney finally
announced that the new Mr. Magoo
would not be blind, but rather
“visually limited.”

16. Definition
 The cluster of suggestions, ideas, or
emotional associations a word
conjures up.

17. Figurative Language
 After lying to his wife about working
late at the office, the man returned
home to an empty house. He had
picked up the dry cleaning on the
way home out of guilt. Now as he
hung it in his wife’s closet, he
noticed a new and expensive man’s
sports jacket. He found himself in a
Catch 22.

18. Slanted Language
 I am not applying to UC Berkeley
because I don’t want to go to
college with a bunch of tree
huggers.

19. Figurative Language
 The woman entered her unlit home,
saw a shadow and let out a silent
scream.