Syntax
Words that Describe John Proctor
Rhetorical Techniques
Figurative Language
Words that Describe Reverend Parris
100
Repetition at the start of a line, phrase, clause, or paragraph
What is Anaphora
100
restlessness; uneasiness, disturbed
What is disquietude
100
figure os speech in which speaker directly addresses an abstract quality, diety, nonhuman, absent or dead, as if it were present and able to respond
What is apostrophe
100
language that is a comparison of some kind; the opposite of literal
What is figurative language
100
to scold severely
What is berate?
200
Words used for effect on an audience
What is Rhetoric
200
belief that one's culture is superior
What is ethnocentricity
200
a seemingly self-contradictory or absurd statement
What is paradox
200
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is simile
200
having to do with the church or parish; narrow in scope
What is clerical?
300
the way in which words are put together to form phrases, sentences, etc.
What is Syntax
300
practical, "whatever works"
What is pragmatic
300
a relatively unoffensive word substituted for one that might be offensive
What is ephemism?
300
collection of images inside a work; figures of speech
What is imagery?
400
the direct opposite
What is antithesis
400
yielding, giving in to
What is aquiescence
400
the author's attitude toward his or her material
What is tone
400
the use of some significant aspect of something to stand for the thing itself
What is metonymy?
400
excessive showing of learning
What is pedantic?
500
Free!
What is No answer here
500
to have an effect upon; to encroach upon
What is impinge
500
the author's choice of words
What is diction?
500
using an important part to refer to something
What is synecdoche?
500
a person lacking in, and smugly indifferent to, culture
What is philisitine?
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