Definition
Teaching, instructive
What is didactic
The skits in Saturday Night Live are an example of ____
What is a parody?
What pair of words mean a brief tale conveying a moral lesson?
(Fable & Parable, Overstatement & Motif, Conceit & Archetype)
What is Fable and Parable?
Saying “let go” instead of “fired’ or “collateral damage” instead of “multiple fatalities”
What is doublespeak
Reform minded journalists attempting to expose any and all scandals
What is a muckrake?
Whenever one is put into a position where they are at fault, one’s initial reaction is to focus the blame on someone else who would serves as their _______.
What is a Scapegoat?
Which words share the meaning of not taking sides?
( Subjective & Pedantic, Impartial & Objective, Pretentious and Poignant)
What is impartial and objective?
Which word is most related to the senses?
A. nostalgic
B. poignant
C. apathetic
D. synaesthesia
D. Synaesthesia
Both a mythical sea creature and a noun that describes an objects immense size
What is a leviathan?
Many extremely conservative people could be considered ______ due to the fact that they cannot accept alternative ideas
What is Thought Police?
Football phrases such as "Hail Mary" and "Blitz" are considered examples of what?
a) pun
b) idiom
c) metaphor
d) jargon
d) jargon
Originating from a Dystopian Society in 1984 by George Orwell in which a higher power spies and monitors civilians and their every move
What is Big Brother?
The use of one word in a sentence to modify two other words in the sentence, typically in two different ways.
What is a zeugma?
Hearing Madi laugh is a _______
What is cacophony?
The words "anastrophe" and "chiasmus" are in common because they are types of what?
a) irony
b) syntactical devices
c) characterization
d) figures of speech
b) syntactical devices
"Only time will tell" is an example of what?
What is a cliche?
Full of seriousness, effort, and focus
What is earnest?
Alonso can be described as a ________ due to her short height yet powerful tone and menacing attitude.
What is a Liliputian?
What is the synonym of pedantic?
a)pretentious
b) unscholarly
c) applied
d) uncritical
a) pretentious
Things like the golden calf, the burning bush, loaves and fish, etc. could be considered what?
What is a symbol?