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A drummer plays this type of instrumentation.
What is percussion?
To gather evidence to form a conclusion
What is to infer?
Tending to delay or postpone
What is dilatory?
Purpose (n.)
"Hero," "Mentor," "Hag," "Anti-Hero," and "Friendly Beast" are examples of this literary component:
What is an archetype?
To give up is the opposite of this.
What is persevere?
To postone
What is to defer?
Excited feelings of triumph or happiness
What is elation?
To engage in a quarrel, struggle, or fight.
What is to contend?
This term describes this type of voice/perspective: "You heard a loud crash. You saw debris fall from the sky."
What is second-person perspective?
This word describes a plant that grows back, year after year.
What is a perennial?
This word begins with a "p," uses the Latin root meaning "to or toward," and means to give or offer.
What is proffer?
What is a legislator?
Challenge: this word means a "proclivity" or habit
What is tendency?
What is exposition?
Challenge: This word describes something that goes on forever
What is perpetuity?
This word begins with a "c" and means to come together in order to discuss a topic and make a descision.
What is to confer?
To collect and combine texts
What is collate?
State of being stretched tight or feeling emotional strain
What is tension?
This term describes the "misunderstood hero"
Who is a Byronic Hero?
Challenge: This word describes moving around by walking.
What is perambulate?
Challenge: this word begins with a "v," includes the Latin roots "Vox" for "voice" and "fero" for "to carry," and it means to be very vocal about something.
What is vociferous?
Challenge: A word that describes the highest degree a thing can possess, ie "best," "strongest," "most beautiful."
Hint: This word begins with the Latin root meaning "above"
What is superlative?
Challenge: Promoting a contentious viewpoint
What is tendentious?
This Greek word describes a hero's "fatal flaw" or "missing the mark"
What is hamartia?