Definitions
Intense feelings for someone, in a non-sexual manner
What is platonic love?
Donald Trump is an example of a _______ since he represents Americans poorly.
What is an Ugly American?
Which word can be best described as "sugar coating"?
A. oxymoron
B. colloquialism
C. euphemism
D. none of the above
C. euphemism
A scarecrow says, "This job isn't for everyone, but hay, it's in my jeans."
What type of literary device is this?
What is a pun?
The four types of allusions
What are biblical, historical, literary, and classical allusions?
Olympus was considered a _________, or any beautiful, magnificent, almost magical place, to the inhabitants of Ancient Greece.
What is Xanadu?
Which pair of words contrast with the definitions of a traitor and anyone who does the right and courageous thing?
(Judas Iscariot & Good Samaritan, Lazarus & Prodigal Son, Philistines & Pharisees)
What is Judas Iscariot & Good Samaritan?
What does connotation and denotation qualify as? (a. irony, b. diction, c. figures of speech, d. tone)
What is diction?
Someone who is always optimistic and looking at the bright side
What is Pollyana?
An extremely desirable object, the _______ has been hypothesized to also represent Jesus' own bloodline
What is the Holy Grail?
Which pair of words represent a beautiful and/or imaginary place?
(Silent Spring & Babylon, ambiguous & ambivalent, Shangri-La & Xanadu)
What is Shangri-La and Xanadu?
What do words such as "aint", "gonna", "imma", and "y'all" represent?
What is colloquialism?
The syntactical device that omits conjunctions between clauses
What is an asyndeton?
Since we all die and either kill ourselves or get killed, we are found in a ______ situation
What is Catch-22?
What is the antonym of earnest?
a) wit
b) facetious
c) poignant
d) didactic
What is b) facetious?
When someone states a racist comment but starts their sentence off by saying "I'm not a racist, but..."
is and example of what literary device?
What is Ambivalent?
A psychological burden or curse held by an individual due to a horrid action they have committed; also the name of a large bird found flying above the ocean
What is an Albatross?
Many modern artists and rappers tend to make a ____ in hopes to keep eternal fame and wealth in return for their soul.
What is a Faustian Bargain?
In poetry, what pair of words contrast in definition with one word meaning an abrupt break in the middle of a line and the other word meaning a line of poetry that continues into the next line with no break?
(Refrain & End-Stopped Line, Caesura & Enjabment, Aphorism & Malapropism)
What is Caesura & Enjabment?
Tupac in a Car
What is Machiavellian a car? (Machiavelli in a car)