Biblical Allusions
Refers to the final meal that Jesus shared with his disciples before being betrayed and sentenced to death
What is the Last Supper?
The categories into which literature is divided. Such as young adults or mysteries.
What is genre?
Overexaggertion to make a point
What is hyperbole?
The varying rate, intensity, pitch, and volume of speech
What is rhythm?
False prohets
To what does the phrase wolf in sheep's clothing refer?
A desire for the past and is usually a condition that cannot be duplicated.
What is nostalgia
The pairing of two opposites to create a compressed, emphatic paradox
What is an oxymoron?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Have lived in both heaven and hell. They are often sent to deliver messages
What are angels?
Seize the day
What is carpe diem?
A comparison that is maintained and further developed throughout the text
What is an extended metaphor?
The emphasis that is placed on a syllable.
What is accent?
Followers, anyone who follows a leader
What are disciples?
A serious drama that typically ends in disaster
What is a tragedy?
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
What is irony?
Rhyming lines of verse that end with single-syllable words
What is masculine rhyme?
Any major, climatic battle is sometimes considered The final battle between good and evil.
What is armageddon?
Two successive lines of rhyming verse
What is a couplet?
The repetition of words, phrases, and/or clauses at the beginning of successive lines or sentences
What is anaphora?
Poems are divided into regular stanzas or sections of lines of verse
What is (stanzaic) form?