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Examples #2
Syn./Ant.
100
The works considered most important in a national literature or period
What is canon.
100
ambiguity
What is "a vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings and interpretations".
100
In works such as Spenser's "The Faerie Queen" and Bunyon's "Pilgrim's Progress", the story and characters represent values beyond themselves.
What is allegory.
100
In the TV show "Supernatural", Dean Winchester says to his brother Sam, " Talked the sheriff down to a fine, dude, I am Matlock!"
What is an allusion. Dean is referring to the TV show that ran from 1986-1995. Matlock (played by Andy Griffith) was a courtroom lawyer who always won his cases.
100
Antonym for: Protagonist.
What is antagonist.
200
A story in which the narrative or characters carry an underlying symbolic, metaphorical, or possibly an ethical meaning.
What is allegory.
200
allusion
What is "a reference to a person, place, or event mean to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea".
200
The white foam flew/ The furrow follows free.
What is alliteration.
200
In some of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Professor James Moriarty is an example of this.
What is the antagonist.
200
Antonym for: Consonance HINT: the answer is not technically an antonym of this word, but they are somewhat opposites.
What is assonance.
300
An abstract or ideal conception of a type; a perfectly typical example; an original model or form.
What is archetype.
300
aphorism
What is "a short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment".
300
"They promised freedom but provided slavery." "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
What is antithesis.
300
"But, woe is me, you are so sick of late, So far from cheer and from your former state, That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust, Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must." (Hamlet) Hint: Notice the iambic pentameter rhythm.
What is blank verse.
300
Antonym for: Euphony.
What is cacophony.
400
A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of words, clauses, or sentences.
What is antithesis.
400
assonance
What is "the repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words or lines in poetry and prose".
400
"Oh, you cruel streets of Manhattan, how I detest you!"
What is an apostrophe.
400
"The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned." Hint: (after the word "loosed")
What is caesura.
400
Synonym for: obscurity, uncertainty.
What is ambiguity.
500
A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set.
What is anachronism.
500
apostrophe
What is "a rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses a person or personified thing not present".
500
"Meet Pete Green; he's as mad as a hatter."
What is assonance.
500
-dishes falling on the floor -nails dragging on a chalk board -an untalented band warming up
What is cacophony.
500
Synonym for: misplacement, neglect of time
What is anachronism.
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