Show:
House on Mango St.
Flowers for Algernon
Julias Caesar
The Fantastix
Of Mice and Men
100
to excite, bring about
What is arouse?
100
a recurrent thematic element in a musical work
What is motif?
100
relating directly to the matter at hand
What is pertinent?
100
preoccupied; deep in thought
What is bemused?
100
without respect; in a scornful manner
What is contemptuously?
200
doubtful or uncertain
What is ambiguous?
200
to give a detailed statement of; to explain
What is expound?
200
an act of placing close together for comparison
What is juxtaposition?
200
something that is deserving of criticism
What is reprehensible?
200
of poor quality or small amount
What is meager?
300
place side by side
What is juxtapose?
300
to think of as a person
What is personify?
300
to prove to be false as an opinion or charge
What is refute?
300
coming from outside; foreign
What is extraneous?
300
self-satisfied and unconcerned
What is complacent?
400
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
What is irony?
400
two or more stressed syllables of a word group with the same consonant sound
What is alliteration?
400
empty, especially of meaning or purpose
What is vacuous?
400
to injure by or as if by beating
What is mauled?
400
flat with no expression
What is monotonous?
500
the representation of things by means of symbols
What is symbolism?
500
very slight; gradual or subtle
What is imperceptible?
500
examination of one's thoughts or feelings
What is Introspection?
500
distant, cool, removed
What is aloof?
500
a speech characterized by lofty and pompous language
What is peroration?