Dictionary of the English Language
Vocabulary Words
Gulliver's Travels
Paradise Lost
Milton's Poems/ Pilgrim's Progress
100
Johnson said you would find more to ___________ than to praise in his dictionary
What is fault?
100
this word means to know without having to learn
What is intuitive
100
This caused the little people to shoot arrows at Gulliver
What is fear?
100
Author of Paradise Lost
Who is John Milton?
100
the main characters in Pilgrim's Progress
Who are Christian and Faithful?
200
The writer of A Dictionary of the English Language
Who is Samuel Johnson?
200
gathered together.. usually for statistics
What is aggregated?
200
Author of Gulliver's Travels
Who is Johnathan Swift?
200
The Biblical character Milton seeks aid from in order to write Paradise Lost. Hint: He might give him 10 commands on how to write the story.
Who is Moses?
200
Christian and Faithful's attitude toward what is being sold at the Vanity Fair
What is uninterested?
300
In the preface, Johnson says writing the dictionary was mostly ________________
What is frustrating?
300
to be watchful and on the alert
What is vigilant?
300
The name of the little people Gulliver visited.
What is a lilliputian?
300
The emotion that caused Satan's fall from heaven
What is pride?
300
How time has been moving in "How Soon Hath Time"
What is too fast?
400
Johnson's use of this word shows that he has a sense of humor when it comes to the work he did. It means.. a person who writes words
What is lexicographer
400
to make a guess about something
What is conjecture?
400
Gulliver's Travels is a parody on these which were popular during this time period
What is a travel guide (log)?
400
Satan's assistant in hell
Who is Beelzebub?
400
God is best served when you do this according to Milton
What is your best?
500
In Johnson's Dictionary, this person was used to provide the most examples of Johnson's words in context.
Who is Shakespeare?
500
a large amount of rain
What is a deluge?
500
a form of writing which makes fun of a subject
What is a parody?
500
Satan thought it would be better for him to do this in hell than serve in heaven
What is rule?
500
Giving human qualities to something not human
What is personification?
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