Diction and Syntax
Lit Terms
Lit Terms Cont.
The Scottish Play
The Horror, The Horror!
100
"Yo, Dawg! What's up" is an example of this
What is slang?
100
My dad just got "laid off"
What is euphemism?
100
The thunder crashed and boomed into the night.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The setting
What is Scotland?
100
Type of narrative
What is frame?
200
"In the valley are many rivers" is an example of this
What is an inverted order sentence?
200
Dr. Strange, a talented surgeon, needs an operation on his hands.
What is irony?
200
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
200
Heir to the throne
Who is Malcolm?
200
Marlow's benefactor
Who is his aunt?
300
"Before his final he purchased notecards, organized his binder, and studied his notes" is an example of this
What is parallel structure?
300
That was a real "David and Goliath" struggle
What is allusion?
300
Love is blind.
What is personification?
300
The porter
What is comic relief?
300
Russian manager's view of Kurtz
What is worshipping?
400
"He is a die-hard liberal!" is an exampel of this
What is connotation?
400
The Garden of Eden and portraying the woman as the classic temptress
What is archetype?
400
Less is more
What is a paradox?
400
Macduff's advantage
What is he was untimely ripped?
400
Who Marlow protects by not telling the truth of Kurtz
Who is the intended?
500
"I will be sure to break a leg during the Scottish play." is an example of this
What is jargon?
500
There is nothing more special than the bondage between a mother and her child.
What is malapropism?
500
Friend, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
What is synecdoche?
500
Title at beginning of play
What is Thane of Glamis?
500
The British system that subjugates the native Africans
What is imperialism?
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