Name that Literary Device
The literary device highlighted:
qualis populea maerens philomela sub umbra
amissos queritur fetus,
What is a SIMILE ?
The correct scansion of:
curvata in montis faciem circumstetit unda
HEXAMETER:
What is spondee, spondee, dactyl, spondee, dactyl, spondee
The person speaking:
Aeneas oculis vigilantis semper inhaeret;
Aenean animo noxque diesque refert.
Who is DIDO?
The explanation for the CASE of the bolded word:
Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras
What is the fact that this adjective agrees with auras, which is accusative because it is the object of the preposition ad ?
The names of all three Assistant Headmasters of TBLS.
Who are Mr. Yee, Mr. Hill, Ms. Glass?
The literary device highlighted:
non sine candida puella
et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis.
What is POLYSYNDETON ?
The correct scansion of:
foedera, terque fragor stagnis auditus Avernis.
HEXAMETER:
What is dactyl, dactyl, spondee, spondee, dactyl, spondee
The person speaking:
quandoquidem fortūna mihī tētē abstulit ipsum. heu miser indignē frāter adēmpte mihi,
Who is CATULLUS?
The person, number, tense, voice, and mood of the verb below:
omnia mentiris
*mentior, mentiri, mentitus tr to lie, deceive
What is 2nd person singular, present tense, passive voice (deponent verb - passive in form, active in meaning), indicative mood ?
The room number of Ms. Payne's art room.
What is 163?
The literary device highlighted:
lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs
flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte
tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur
lūmina nocte
What is TRANSFERRED EPITHET ?
The correct scansion of:
cuius Aristaeo quoniam est oblata facultas,
HEXAMETER:
What is dactyl, spondee, dactyl, spondee, dactyl, spondee
The person speaking:
'tu nunc Karthaginis altae
fundamenta locas pulchramque uxorius urbem
exstruis? heu, regni rerumque oblite tuarum!
ipse deum tibi me claro demittit Olympo
regnator, caelum et terras qui numine torquet,
ipse haec ferre iubet celeris mandata per auras:
quid struis?
Who is MERCURY ?
The type of clause begun by the bolded word:
multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus
advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias,
ut te postremo donarem munere mortis
et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.
What is a PURPOSE clause ?
The faculty declaimer in 2023.
Who is Mr. Guinals-Kupperman?
The literary device highlighted:
matres atque viri defunctaque corpora vita magnanimum heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae,
impositique rogis iuvenes ante ora parentum,
What is TRICOLON (CRESCENS) ?
The correct scansion of:
postulat exiguas semirefecta moras.
PENTAMETER:
What is dactyl, spondee, single long syllable, dactyl, dactyl, anceps
The person speaking:
'Non te nullius exercent numinis irae;
magna luis commissa: tibi has miserabilis Orpheus
haudquaquam ob meritum poenas, ni fata resistant,
suscitat et rapta graviter pro coniuge saevit.'
Who is PROTEUS?
The singular form of the bolded plural accusative noun:
solus Hyperboreas glacies Tanaimque nivalem
arvaque Riphaeis numquam viduata pruinis
lustrabat
What is GLACIES ?
The TBLS motto, in English.
What is 'To whom much is given, much is expected' ?
The literary device highlighted: (correct spelling required):
lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs
flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte
tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur
lūmina nocte
What is ONOMATOPOEIA ?
The correct scansion of:
qui iam pro lacrimis sanguine tinctus erit.
PENTAMETER:
What is spondee, dactyl, single long syllable, dactyl, dactyl, anceps
The person speaking:
'femina, quae nostris errans in finibus urbem
exiguam pretio posuit, cui litus arandum
cuique loci leges dedimus, conubia nostra
reppulit ac dominum Aenean in regna recepit.'
Who is IARBAS ?
The bolded verb in the pluperfect passive, with person, number, and mood unchanged:
neque Attalī ignōtus hēres rēgiam occupāvī
What is OCCUPATUS ERAM ?
The subject Ms. Glass taught before she became an Assistant Headmaster.
What is Mathematics?