Assessment 6 (Text & Assessment Question Vocabulary Study Guide Graded A+

Commendation {Ans: the act of recommending or complimenting}Parallel structure {Ans: each part of a sentence uses the same grammatical structure}Intellect {Ans: coming from a Latin word meaning "discernment, a perception, understanding"}Out of kilter {Ans: unusual}Husked {Ans: to remove the husk of something}Quart {Ans: a unit of measurement (two pints in a quart)}Appeal {Ans: make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public.}Bondage {Ans: being physically restrained, tied-up or chained}Adam and Eve {Ans: characters in the Christian Bible that were the first man and woman and- we are told- Eve tempted Adam to sin by eating a forbidden fruit from the "tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil"}Effective {Ans: successful in producing a desired or intended result}Be in a fix {Ans: to be in a tough spot or situation}Fallacy {Ans: a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument}Sojourner Truth {Ans: an author and advocate of women's rights}Imagery {Ans: a form of figurative language that uses sensory descriptions (sight, sound, touch) to create an image}Rhetorical question {Ans: a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to