Vocab
Omniscience
A comparison using the word "like" or "as".
Simile
Inciting action of "An Inspector Calls"
Eva Smith taking her own life.
An ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of poetic lines.
Rhyme Scheme
A social structure where men hold all dominant positions of power.
Patriarchy
A comparison without using the words "like" or "as".
Metaphor
Why are the Birlings and Gerald gathered together?
To celebrate the engagement of Gerald Croft and Shiela Birling.
A group of poetic lines.
Stanza
An economic system based on private ownership and free market.
Capitalism
The substitution of a mild or inoffensive word or expression for one that is harsh, unpleasant, or taboo.
Euphemism
Mr. Birling sacks her for leading a strike.
A poetic form of 12 lines, often about love, famously written by Shakespeare.
Sonnet
An economic system where the means of production are owned communally.
Socialism
Repetition of same sound at the beginning of two or more words.
Alliteration
In what year does "An Inspector Calls" take place?
1912
A pause in the middle of a poetic line.
Caesura
The act of using someone or something unfairly, deceitfully, or coercively for personal gain.
Exploitation
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Anaphora
1945
A line of five "feet", comprised of an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter