What is a short account of a particular event especially of an interesting nature
100
anthology
What is a selection of various author’s writings, usually having something in common with each other
100
satire
What is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing,denouncing, or deriding, etc.
100
chronological
What is arranged in the order of time
100
connotation
What is the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied
200
memorandum
What is a record or written statement of something
200
parable
What is a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison
200
primary source historical document
What is first or highest in rank or importance
200
thesis paper
What is a proposition stated or put forward for consideration,especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections
200
aphorism
What is a saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation,as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
300
assonance
What is resemblance of sounds
300
consonance
What is correspondence of sounds
300
homophone
What is a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another
300
sonnet
What is a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes
300
archetype
What is the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based
400
omniscient
What is having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
400
paradox
What is a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
400
pathetic fallacy
What is the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings,
400
syntax
What is the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
400
iambic pentameter
What is a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and
500
synecdoche
What is a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
500
antithesis
What is the direct opposite
500
scansion
What is the metrical analysis of verse.
500
pun
What is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use o fwords that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning
500
parallelism
What is agreement in direction, tendency, or character