Vocabulary
Vocabulary II
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Devices
Grammar
100
_________ as her population is, she has great difficulty in keeping it from disagreement.
What is homogeneous?
100
That is an entirely unfair way of describing those who _______ a state founded on the principle of one person, one vote.
What is advocate?
100
A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.
What is allusion?
100
Words that convey sound
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Where does the comma go? "While I was eating the cat scratched at the door."
While I was eating, the cat scratched the door.
200
Nor is the stubborn, shrewd prime minister known to ________ easily, or to misread public sentiment.
What is capitulate?
200
Crime, fiscal recklessness, and homelessness are stirring like _________ strains of music.
What is discordant?
200
The associations of the word instead of the actual dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
200
"Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true"
What is oxymoron?
200
Where does the comma go? "The game was over but the crowd refused to leave."
The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave.
300
But for a man who delighted in exposing hypocrisies, his relationship to Communism was riddled with ________.
What is duplicity?
300
Garland added with an ________ that comes with age that there are good and bad in every profession.
What is equanimity?
300
A saying about life; a wise observation.
What is aphorism?
300
"And I would walk 500 miles."
What is hyperbole?
300
Comma? That Thursday which happens to be my birthday is the only day I cannot meet.
That Thursday, which happens to be my birthday, is the only day I cannot meet.
400
In or out of uniform his motion is languid, his voice relaxed and _________, his movements deliberate, confident.
What is mellifluous?
400
Dion, with a __________ that misfortune was threatening himself and his dear ones, obeyed the summons.
What is presentiment?
400
Appearance different from reality.
What is Irony?
400
Saturday Night Live
What is satire?
400
Make parallel: "In spring, summer, or in winter"
In spring, summer, or winter OR In spring, in summer, or in winter
500
They might also be unwilling to work with the _______ picked by the government to lead the talks.
What is interlocutor?
500
But while the general electorate may be ________ about the outcome on Nov. 6, one key player is not: organized labor.
What is ambivalent?
500
Repetition of words/phrases that have similar grammatical structure.
What is parallelism?
500
“My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
What is anaphora?
500
How many prepositions? "The house in the valley, built by my grandfather Ernesto, has a view of the forest."
What is three prepositions?
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