LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES
Italian for "stopping place" gives us this word for a part of a poem
stanza
Tybalt,
Act I, scene v:
"Uncle"
Romeo and Juliet
Gory horror movies are not for these people who are easily nauseated
squeamish
In the names of Iowa cities, this tree precedes Falls & Rapids
Cedar
A kyber crystal-powered weapon plus baseball statistics analysis system of Bill James
lightSabermetrics
It's the German word for a novel about the education & formative years of the protagonist; "The Catcher in the Rye" is one
a bildungsroman
Ariel,
Act I, scene ii:
"No"
The Tempest
To add fake details to a real story to make it sound better
embellish
This Florida coastal town incorporated in 1911 says its name comes from coconuts retrieved from the wreck of the Providencia
Palm Beach
Sentient creature like Olaf or Frosty plus "the #1 kosher wine brand in America"
snowManischewitz
This concept of divine intervention to resolve the plot was used in the Sophocles play "Philoctetes"
deus ex machina
Mustardseed,
Act III, scene i:
"Mustardseed"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
In a chemical reaction, sulfur combines with silver to create this dark coating
tarnish
The fabulous skiing of Snowmass is about 10 miles west of this city
Aspen, Colorado
Small, oblong Chinese citrus fruit plus rhymed verse employed by Omar Khayyam & Nostradamus
a kumquatrain
Greek for "exaggeration" gives us this device, an intentionally exaggerated figure of speech
hyperbole
Christopher Sly,
Act I, scene i:
"Yes"
Taming of the Shrew
Estuaries & swamps have this type of water not quite as briny as the ocean
brackish
A 3-letter tree is in the name of this Oregon city known for a Shakespeare festival
Ashland
Gradual increase in the intensity of a musical piece plus a dental professional who specializes in the pulp of your teeth
crescendodontist
This metrical foot is 2 short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed one
anapest
Achilles,
Act II, scene i:
"What? What?"
Troilus and Cressida
This, another word for a fanfare, means the king has arrived
a flourish
Poplar Bluff is in Missouri; this tree Bluff is in Arkansas
Pine
Insidious pandemic culprit of 1918 plus delightfully foamy Italian custard
influenzabaglione